Part VI - Chapter III — Vocabulary
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from Part VI - Chapter III
- obsequious
- Excessively eager to serve or please; fawning.
- contralto
- The lowest female singing voice, between soprano and tenor.
- patriarchal
- Characteristic of a patriarch; established on a basis of traditional authority and familiarity.
- dissipation
- Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; dissolute living.
- depraved
- Morally corrupt; perverted.
- malignant
- Having or showing a wish to do evil to others; deeply malevolent.
- irrevocable
- Not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; final.
- manoeuvre
- A carefully planned scheme or action; to manipulate a situation skillfully.
- exhilarated
- Feeling very happy, animated, or elated.
- repugnance
- Intense distaste or disgust.
- aesthetics
- A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty.
- gourmand
- A person who enjoys eating and often eats too much; a lover of fine food.
- guttural
- Of or produced in the throat; harsh-sounding.
- candour
- The quality of being open and honest; frankness.
- Schiller
- Friedrich Schiller, German poet and philosopher associated with idealism and moral philosophy. Used here as a label for someone who moralizes.
- mystic
- A person who seeks union with the spiritual or supernatural; one who believes in mysteries beyond rational understanding.