| confront |
to meet, face, or stand up to boldly. |
| conqueror |
one who defeats another. |
| customary |
usual, habitual, or traditional. |
| emit |
to send out or give off. |
| lurid |
sensational; shocking or dramatic. |
| medieval |
of, or having to do with the Middle Ages. |
| mock |
to make fun of in a mean way. |
| nausea |
a sick feeling in the stomach with the need to vomit. |
| pacify |
to calm or bring back peace of mind to. |
| penal |
of, concerning, or giving out punishment, especially according to law. |
| prosecution |
the initiating and continuing of legal proceedings against one or more persons. |
| ritual |
a set of actions always done in the same way, often because of custom or tradition. |
| suffuse |
of a color, liquid, or the like, to spread throughout or across the surface of. |
| taxonomy |
in biology, the system of classifying plants and animals by grouping them into categories according to their similarities. |
| thereafter |
following that; from then on. |