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Victorian Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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austere | severely simple and plain; without ornament or comfort |
heresy | any opinion opposed to religious, official, or established teachings |
reprove | to condemn for a fault or offense |
juggernaut | a large, overwhelmingly powerful object |
Juggernaut | the title of a Hindu god whose image was drawn in procession on a huge wheeled vehicle; devotees are said to have thrown themselves under its wheels |
relish (verb) | to enjoy greatly |
relish (noun) | great enjoyment of food or other things |
immodest | lacking in modesty; indecent |
indignation | anger aroused by something thought to be unjust or wicked |
apropos | suitable or relevant to what is being said or done |
apropos of | concerning, with reference to |
disquietude | a state of uneasiness or anxiety |
crony | a close friend or companion |
contrive | to plan cleverly, to achieve in a clever or resourceful way |
pedant | a person who parades his knowledge or who insists on strict observance of formal rules and details in the presentation of knowledge |
blatant | very obvious and unashamed |
disposition | a person’s natural qualities of mind and character; a natural tendency |
countenance | the expression of the face |
assail | to attack violently and persistently |
elicit | to draw forth; evoke |
gaunt | lean and haggard; grim or desolate looking |
ruminate | to meditate, to ponder |
stringent | (of a rule) strict; (of financial conditions) tight |
disconsolate | inconsolable, hopelessly unhappy |
explicit | stating something in exact terms, not merely implying it |
doggedly | with determination |
appalling | shocking, unpleasant |
undaunted | not discouraged; not giving in to fear |
incline | to lean, to slope |
malefactor | a wrongdoer |
accoutrement | equipment (specifically, a soldier’s outfit other than weapons and clothes) |
disparity | inequality; difference |
keen | sharp; intense |
enigma | something very difficult to understand |
deride | to laugh at scornfully, to treat with scorn |
novelty | the quality of being something new |
dissolution | the dissolving of an assembly or partnership |
aversion | a strong dislike |
vicarious | felt through sharing imaginatively in the feelings/activities of another person |
depravity | moral corruption, wickedness |
astute | shrewd; quick at seeing how to gain an advantage |
suffice | to be enough, to meet the needs of |
inordinate | excessive, more than necessary |
connoisseur | one who has expert knowledge and keen determination esp. in the fine arts |