Chapter 13 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Affront
Deliberate act or display of disrespect
Proscribed
To put outside the protection of law
Denounce
Dawdling
To move slowly
Ubiquitous
Existing or being everywhere
Especially at the same time
Gentry
Well bred class In England class below the nobles
Dynastic
A series of rulers from the same family
Advocates
To urge the favor of something
Patronage
The right of presentation to an ecclesetial benifice
Festered
A feeling of resentment
Abetting
To support something
Mollify
To soften
Ascension
The act of ascending
Impoverished
Derived of strength
Reduced to poverty
Sanctioned
Authoritative permission
Asunder
Widely separated
Mirth
Amusement or laughter
Philanderer
A man who has relations with a woman who can’t or won’t marry
Vex
To debate or discuss
Provoke
Articulate
Having parts or distinct areas
Patron
A person who has the right of presenting a member of the clergy to a benefice