Vocabulary Words:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Sanatorium: A place people go to regain their health
Hearth: The area in front of a fireplace
Gyration: The act of moving in a circular or coiling motion
Moral Fiber: The principles of right and wrong that determine one’s values
Wanton: a. playfully mean or cruel
b. causing sexual immorality
6. Inordinate: Exceeding reasonable limits; too much of something
7. Transformation: A change in something
8. Impeached: a. to charge someone with a crime
b. to remove someone from office especially for misconduct
9. Neutral: Not engaged on either side; not taking sides
10. Flush: Abundant; filled to overflowing
11. Foes: An enemy
12. Rubbish: Waste, trash, or material considered unimportant.
13. Protestant: Any Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic,
Anglican, or Eastern Church.
14. Virtue: moral excellence; goodness; righteousness; conformity of one's life and
conduct to moral and ethical principles
15. Lashed: to beat violently or sharply against; to drive by or as if by strokes of a
whip
16. Slain: killed or destroyed
17. Hearse: a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
18. Vigilant: ever awake and alert; sleeplessly watchful.
19. Destitute: without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter.
20. Unscrupulous: Unprincipled; referring to a lack of moral standards or conscience
to guide one's conduct.
21. Pinnacle: The highest point (of success, fame, or a career)
22. Tapped: to strike with a light but audible blow or blows; hit with repeated, slight
blows
23. Exalted: Raised or elevated (as in rank or character); of high station or status
24. Inferno: a place or region that resembles hell
25. Enlightened: to give intellectual or spiritual light to; instruct; impart knowledge
to; to be made aware of something.
26. Gangling: Tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing. Lanky.
27. Raiding: A surprise attack by a small armed force.
28. Perdition: Utter destruction or ruin; a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul
29. Cauldron: A large vessel, such as a kettle or vat, used for boiling.
30. Rustic: of, relating to, or suitable for the country, or lacking in social graces or
polish
31. Redeem: To recover (from something pledged) by a payment or other satisfaction
32. Gouge: to dig or force out with or as if with a gouge; to make a gouge (a groove
or hole) in something.
33. Persecution: a program or campaign to exterminate, drive away, or subjugate a
people because of their religion, race, or beliefs
34. Wringing: To twist forcibly
35. Branded: to mark with disgrace
36. Nooses: a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that
tightens as the rope is pulled.
37. Imposing: very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity,
elegance, etc.