Crime and Punishment Vocabulary

Prepossessing

Causing a favorable first impression; attractive or appealing

Unaccountable

Impossible to explain or understand or Not responsible or answerable

Impertinence

Lack of respect; rudeness

Pique

Irritation; resentment

Conjugal

Relating to marriage or the relationship of a married couple

Aggreived

Feeling resentment at having been treated unfairly

Nihilism

The rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless

Distinguons

Parsimony

Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources

Personages

A person (often used to express their significance, importance, or elevated status)

Contingency

A future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty

Scrofulous

Morally corrupt

Anaemic

Person suffering from anemia; pale

Chastity

Virginity

Expound

Present

Cesspool

A disgusting or corrupt palce

Rivet

Motionless

Assent

Approve

Pension

Dismiss someone from employment, typically because of age or ill health, and pay them a pension

Credulous

Having or showing too great a readiness to believe things; naive

Vice

Immoral or wicked behavior