- apprehensive: uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
- chastise: to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- chortled: to chuckle gleefully
- disgrace: the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame
- petulantly: irritably
- scrupulously: having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled.
- throng: a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
- transgression: a violation of law, command, or duty