| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |