Vocab

20 cards·by joshuaocon

Traverse

to cross over something

Embellishment

decoration or elaboration

Commodious

convenient, comfortable, spacious or useful

Pillory

a wooden framework with head and hand holes; to scold in a public, humiliating manor

Asunder

apart

Commiseration

sympathy or compassion

Garret

a small attic apartment, usually dingy or shabby

Deportment

outward behavior, especially in social settings

Carouse

to party in a sinful manor

Pauper

a desperately poor person

Compunction

a feeling of guilt that follows to doing of something bad

Zealous

fanatical

Supplication

a humble plea

Scruple

a moral objection to doing something-the sort that may produce compunction

Despondant

hopelessly depressed or sad

Homage

a tribute to something or someone one admires

Abnegate

to nullify or annihilate

Vex

to annoy

Laudable

praiseworthy

Ruminate

to ponder or consider