Vocabulary Definitions and Meanings

Recompense

payment for something.

Roused

stirred up, agitated, bothered.

Presumption

audacity; nerve.

Anatomize

to dissect in order to examine structure.

Sordid

dirty.

Stagnant

motionless; foul.

Averred

stated to be true.

Sojourn

stay for a while.

Expiated

atoned for, especially by suffering.

Reverence

deep respect.

Sinuous

bending; winding.

Tumult

noisy commotion.