100 Vocabulary Words

Succorless

Succorless

Being without help in a desperate situation

Lamentable

very disappointing

Entreated

to beg

Afflictions

Something that causes pain

Plunder

to steal something by using force

Melancholy

a state of sadness

Decrepit

worn out

Fain

happy

Abate

to decrease in amount, degree, or intensity

Contrivance

a plan or a trick

Omnipotent

able to do everything; to know everything

Abhors

to hate something because it's morally wrong

Abominable

extremely bad or unpleasant

Ascribed

to claim the source or the cause of something

Induce

to make someone do something unwise

Apprehension

fear of what's going to happen in the future

Alleviate

to lessen a pain, sorrow, etc.

Interspersed

placed among other things

Commodious

spacious

Consternation

confusion caused by shock or fear

Improvident

careless about planning for the future

Avarice

greed

Rouge

red powder that women put on their cheek

Copious

abundant

Pestilential

extremely harmful

Fetters

to chain

Scruple

a doubt due to morality

Arduous

requiring a lot of energy

Rectitude

behavior that is morally right

Facilitate

to make something easier

Subsequent

following

Eradicate

to destroy

Precept

a rule of behavior

Trifling

unimportant

Venery

the pursuit of sexual satisfaction

Unremitting

constant

Solace

comfort

Insidious

sly

Martial

warlike

Supplication

plea

Avert

to prevent or to change direction

Spurned

denied

Inviolate

uncorrupted, unstained, pure

Adversary

opposer

Vigilant

cautious observant

Inevitable

unavoidable

Formidable

very powerful

Remonstrated

disapproved

Delusive

imaginary, misleading

Base

dishonorable

Infidel

someone who does not believe in the right religion; someone who does not believe in the same religion as the one using the word

Tories

loyalists

Whigs

the patriots in the Revolutionary War

Ardor

intense passion

Sottish

stupid due to being drunk

Chastise

to harshly criticize or punish

Hessians

German troops who allied with Britain

Precipitate

abrupt

Celestial

relating to heaven

Dominion

reign

Tyranny

a type of government ruled by a single all-powerful leader

Impious

disrespectful to God; not religious

Pretense

a false statement

Ravage

ruin

Relinquished

surrendered

Perseverance

determination to keep trying to do something until success is achieved

Consolation

comfort received when something bad happens

Prudence

careful judgment

Eloquence

powerful and influential speech

Transient

lasting in a short period of time

Constrains

to make someone do something

Expunge

to remove

Candid

to be very honest

Abdicated

given up power

Magnanimity

the quality of being generous

Acquiesce

to agree to do something without complaints

Renounce

to stop trying, to give up

Reprobating

disapproving

Censures

severe criticism

Complaisance

willingness to agree with others' ideas

Usurpation

the act of taking someone's power away

Evinces

to display something clearly

Despotism

rule by tyranny

Inestimable

too much to be calculated

Endeavored

tried really hard

Perify

lie, treachery

Opprobrium

a dishonorable behavior

Redress

action of correcting something wrong and unfair

Consanguinity

bloodline

Inalienable

not able to be taken away

Denounce

to announce; a disapproval or rejection; to accuse

Engrossed

written in the final draft; completely absorbed in or by

Impunity

exemption from being punished

Foment

to arouse

Vassals

servants

Convenant

an agreement

Remuneration

payment

Apostolic

relating to the Pope

Prerogative

an exceptional right or privilege

Disfranchisement

act of taking away someone's right; to deprive or exclude