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Vocab Ch 1-3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Congenial | agreeable; pleasing; pleasant |
| Inauspicious | unlucky; bad |
| Physiognomies | faces |
| Augur | prophesy |
| Heterodox | against church doctrine |
| Venerable | old and wise resulting in respect |
| Infamy | shameful notoriety; public reproach |
| Rotundity | plumpness; roundness |
| Malefactresses | female law offenders; female criminals |
| Sumptuary | laws dictated by personal beliefs |
| Ignominy | disgrace; dishonor |
| Venomous | poisonous |
| Contumely | humiliating treatment |
| Conspicuous | obvious; easy to see |
| Phantasmagoric | imaginary; dreamlike |
| Paternal | fatherly |
| Gentility | superior elegance; gentle birth |
| Impediment | hindrance |
| Remonstrance | protest |
| Cloister | religious seclusion/place of quiet |
| Visage | appearance |
| Heterogeneous | different in kind |
| Abate | diminish; lessen |
| Peradventure | possibly; maybe; questionable |
| Sage | wise |
| Sagacity | penetrating intelligence |
| Melancholy | sad tremulous |
| Tremulous | fearful; quivering |