Chapter 21 Flashcards
(14 cards)
Lamentable
Deserving to be criticized or regretted
Exertions
Physical or mental effort
Cohabitation
To live together as in a married couple
moroseness
A serious. Quiet or unhappy person
Conjugal
Of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations
Stigma
A set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of ppl have about some thing
Alleviate
To reduce the pain or trouble of something
Reverberated
To continue in a series of quickly repeated sounds that bounce off a surface
Repudiated
To refuse to accept or support
Devious
Willing to lie and trick ppl in order to get what is wanted
Consonance
Harmony or agreement amongst components
Autonomous
Existing or acting separately from other things or ppl
Resilient
Able to become or stay strong after something bad happens
Slough
A place of deep mud or mire
A state of moral degradation or spiritual dejection