TFA Vocab CH 14-25

Mirthless: without joy or happiness

Derisive: expressing contempt or ridicule

Impudent: disrespectful

Miscreant: villain; criminal

Begets: gives rise to; brings about

Zeal: passion; excitement

Ostracize: to exclude from a group, banish, send away

Debar: to exclude or prohibit someone officially from doing something

Abominable: horrible or unpleasant

Indignity: an insult to one’s pride; offensive or humiliating treatment

Idolatrous: excessively worshiping one object or person

Folly: lack of good sense; foolishness; mistake

Personage: a person of distinction or importance

Guttural: (of a speech sound) produced in the throat; harsh-sounding

Ominous: unfavorable, threatening, of a bad omen

Sacrilege: improper or disrespectful treatment of something being held sacred

Superfluous: exceeding what is sufficient or required; excess

Toiled: to work extremely hard