| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ignominy | disgrace; dishonor; public contempt |
| iniquity | a gross injustice or wickedness |
| moment | the aspect of a thing |
| perpetrate | to committ |
| amenable | ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; submissive |
| commiserate | to feel or express sorrow or sympathy |
| succor | help; relief; aid |
| insidious | intended to entrap or beguile |
| caprice | a sudden unpredictable change |
| anathema | a person/thing who is detested/loathed to damnation |
| dearth | an inadequate supply |
| caper | a playful leap/skip |
| perversity | deliberate and unstuborn unruliness |
| odious | deserving or causing hatred |
| scourge | a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism. |
| expiation | the means by which atonement or reparation is made |
| austerity | severity of manners; stern |
| auspicious | promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable |
| rankle | to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful. |
| reciprocate | to give or feel in return |
| petulant | moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, esp. over some trifling annoyance |
| enigma | a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation |
| machination | an act or instance of plots; intrigues |
| wonted | accustomed; habituated; used |
| vicissitude | a change or variation occurring in the course of something |
| blackguard | a low, contemptible person; scoundrel |
| plaintive | expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful |
| appall | to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay |
| repudiate | to reject as having no authority or binding force |
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