Chapter X — Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words from Chapter X

virulence (noun)

The severity or harmfulness of a disease or poison; extreme bitterness or malignancy.

fetid (adjective)

Smelling extremely unpleasant; stinking.

mortifying (adjective)

Causing great embarrassment or shame; humiliating.

solace (noun)

Comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.

imbibed (verb)

Absorbed or assimilated ideas, knowledge, or qualities.

allegiance (noun)

Loyalty or commitment to a person, group, or cause.

soliloquised (verb)

Spoke one's thoughts aloud when alone or regardless of hearers; engaged in a soliloquy.

sublunary (adjective)

Belonging to this world; earthly; existing beneath the moon.

debarrassed (adjective)

Freed or rid of something troublesome or embarrassing (archaic).

soporific (adjective)

Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep.

en regle (adjective)

In order; according to the rules; proper and correct (French phrase).

mediatrix (noun)

A female mediator; a woman who acts as an intermediary.

dissipated (adjective)

Overindulging in sensual pleasures; debauched and wasteful.

relinquished (verb)

Voluntarily gave up or surrendered a claim, right, or possession.

antipathies (noun)

Deep-seated feelings of aversion or dislike.

supplication (noun)

The action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly.