Vocabulary+Word+List

__//Charlotte Doyle// Vocabulary Word List:__
abominations: n. horrors adversity: n. hardship; misfortune apparition: n. ghost atonement: n. the act of making up for a wrong audacity: n. boldness brawny: adj. strong commence: v. to begin congenial: adj. agreeable; pleasant conspiracy: n. secret plan copiously: adv. plentifully; in great amounts decorum: n. proper, dignified behavior docile: adj. easily taught; easily led or managed gesticulate: v. to wave; to motion impertinence: n. rudeness implacable: adj. unable to be changed mutely: adv. silently mutiny: n. uprising; rebellion perplexity: n. confusion pinion: v. to restrain; to hold prophecy: n. a foretelling of the future quell: v. to crush; to hold back renounce: v. to give up reprieve: n. relief scrutiny: n. inspection; examination shrewdly: adv. cleverly slanderous: adj. false and damaging to one's reputation transpire: v. to come to be; to happen vigilant: adj. alert; watchful