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| mercy in the exercise of authority or power; leniency toward an offender or enemy. |
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| insulting or offensively contemptuous treatment which tends to inflict dishonor and humiliation upon some one; a humiliating insult |
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| a funeral song or lament; any song or poem expressing mourning |
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| the quality of being thrifty; not spending or using unnecessarily |
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| a break or interruption in something; a gap; a pause |
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| one who works at cutting, polishing, or engraving gems |
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| the act of stealing and using the ideas or writings of another as one's own |
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| a person or thing that goes before and heralds the coming of another person of thing; one who precedes another in a course of office |
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authoritative permission for an action
penalty imposed to encourage compliance to law |
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| a well-paid position with little or no responsibility |
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| one who holds that the existence of God is unknown and unkowable; one who asserts that all claims to knowledge are uncertain |
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a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation; a formal ecclesiastical cure or ban
a person or thing greatly detested
a curse or imprecation geerally |
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capable of burning, corroding, or destroying tissue by chemical action
curring or sarcastic in utterance |
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| a test, rule, or standard by which something is judged |
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| physically or morally harmful |
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| a leader who appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace in order to obtain power |
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| a name or title used to describe or characterize a person or thing |
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| a temperament peculiar to an individual; any personal peculiarity or mannersim |
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| a supposed remedy for all diseases or ills |
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| a ficticious name, as one assumed by an author |
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| occurring in occasional or isolated instances |
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| to force someone to comply or obey, as by pressure, threats, or intimidation; to effect by force |
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| to strengthen or confirm by agreeing statements or new evidence |
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to cause uneasiness, embarrassment, or confusion
to thwart the plans or purposes of |
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| reclining; lying down; resting |
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| the act of objecting or protesting |
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| the act of formally or voluntarily giving up a claim or title |
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| abundantly supplied; well-filled |
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| deserving of blame, rebuke, or censure |
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| forcible seizure in retaliation for injuries received; injury done in return for injury received |
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| an interval of relief or rest; a delay of punishment |
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| punishment of offenses; compensation |
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