R and J vocab Pt 1

mutiny

open rebellion, fighting

strife

bitter, sometimes violent conflict

choler

anger

profane

(v) to treat something sacred with abuse or contempt.
(n) profaner: one who does the above

pernicious

highly injurious or destructive, deadly

portentous

hints of sinister or violent future: ominous

transgression

an infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty

chastity

purity in conduct and intention, to refrain from unlawful or all sexual intercourse

posterity

all future generations

heretics

dissenters from an established religious dogma: nonconformist

hoodwinked

blinded, deceived by false appearance, duped: beguiled

nimble

quick and light in motion, agile: quick alert, clever

misgives

to fill with doubt, apprehension, or foreboding

disparagement

speaking slightingly about, lower in reputation by indirect means

scathe

to do harm to physically, mentally, or emotionally