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Tumbrils
An open cart that tilted backwards to empty out its load, used to convey condemned prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
Turnkeys
A jailer
Incredulity
The state of being unwilling or unable to believe something
Requisition
An official order laying claim to the use of property or materials; demand the use or supply of, especially by official order or military or public use
Auspicious
Favorable, of good omen
Monseigneur
A title or form of address used of or to a French-speaking prince
Inexorable
Inflexible, willfully immovable
Blunderbuss
A short-barreled, large-bored gun with a flared muzzle, used at short range; an action or way of doing something regarded as lacking in subtlety and precision.
Gaols
A correctional institute used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government; a prison
Potentate
A monarch or ruler, especially an autocratic one (or with absolute power)
Emphatic
Showing or giving emphasis, expressing something forcibly and clearly
Pernicious
Highly injurious, causing injury
Escutcheon
A shield or emblem bearing a coat of arms; a flat piece of metal for protection and often ornamentation, around a keyhole, door handle, or light switch
Sonorous
Resonant, imposing deep or full
Unfathomable
Incapable of being fully explored or understood; impossible to measure the extent of
Epoch
A period of time
Retinue
A group of advisers, assistants, or others accompanying an important person
Forlorn
Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
Debauched
Indulging in or characterized by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; dissolute
Incorrigible
Unmanageable, unruly
Piscatory
Fish-like; relating to or dependent on fishing
