| Term | Definition |
|---|
| chattel | a moveable item such as a piece of furniture |
| depravity | corruption, wickedness |
| precepts | commandments or directions meant as rules |
| bestow | to give or present |
| emancipation | release from servitude |
| denunciation | a public accusal |
| valuation | the act of determining the value or price |
| profligate | extremely wasteful |
| dissipation | indulgence in pleasure to the point of harming oneself |
| callous | lacking pity or mercy |
| sufficiency | adequate means |
| subsist | to continue to be or exist |
| copyist | a person who makes written copies |
| pretensions | pretexts or allegations |
| pernicious | causing great injury or destruction |
| brute | an unreasoning person |
| languished | became slack or dull |
| ague | a fever with chills |
| turbid | muddy; cloudy |
| epoch | the beginning of a new and important period of history |
| quailed | lost heart |
| imbue | to permeate or inspire |
| exculpate | to free from blame |
| fetters | shackles or chains |
| refinement | cultivation; education |
| habiliments | clothing, dress, attire |
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