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A minor church official who helps to keep order during services
contumely
insulting display of contempt in words or actions
ignominy
disgrace, dishonor, shame
inauspicious
boding ill; unfavorable
mien
the look of something; appearance
physiognomies
the face or countenance; outward appearance
pillory
A wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the hands and head in order to expose a criminal to public ridicule or abuse
remonstrance
complaint; protest
sagacity
soundness of judgment
vie
to strive in competition for; to contend for superiority
anathemas
curses; denunciations; bad wishes
draught
a drink; a dose; that which is taken in by drinking or inhaling
efficacy
effectiveness; able to produce a result
expostulation
complaint; earnest protest
gesticulation
an animated gesture; a gesture made with excitement
paramour
lover; a beloved person
phantasmagoric
displaying an optical illusion; imagining changing scenes
quaff
to drink heartily
sable
black clothes worn in mourning
uncongenial
disagreeable; not pleasing
cabalistic
mystic; occult
chirurgical
surgical; a part of surgery
contagion
spread of an attitude, idea, or emotion
deportment
demeanor; conduct; behavior
despondent
feeling or showing no hope
emaciated
abnormally thin; marked by a lack of nutrition
erudition
knowledge acquired by study
imperious
dictatorial; urgent; commanding
leech
parasite; name for a doctor in the 1600's; something that clings to another for personal gain
pestilence
a deadly epidemic or disease; something harmful or evil
demerits
punishments for bad behavior
ethereal
light: airy; refined; extremely delicate
expiation
the means by which atonement or reparation are made
inextricable
incapable of being disentangled
inimical
involved; unable to undone or solved
ominous
foreboding, threatening
portent
an indication of; or omen of
scurrilous
obscenely abusive; insulting; offensive; vulgar
somnambulism
sleepwalking; performing acts while asleep
zenith
the highest point
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