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Augury- a sign of what will happen in the future Middle English Avi, Gero It is an augury of good fortune.
Baseness- lack of moral principles
English Base, baser, basest, basely His good looks were unbelievable by the baseness of his
conversation.
Malefactor-a person who commits a crime or some other wrong
Malefaction, malefactress, maleficence, malefice, maleficient The hunger games is a male factor because they killed
eachother.
Muse-(nine Greek a Roman mythology) each of nine goddesses, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who preside over the arts and sciences
Late middle English Mused, musing Muse over soon!
Mutinous-(of a sailor) refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority
Late middle English Mutinously I am mutinous because I don’t like to obey others.
Prodigious-remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree
Late 15th century Proddie, prodigal, prodigy, prodromal he had a prodigious appetite, he ate a lot of burgers
Abase-behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade(someone)
Late middle English Abassen, abaissen, abaissier She acts in a abase behavior so that Millie wont know she
don’t like her
Abhorrent- inspiring disgust and loathing Late 16th century Abhorrently Abhorrent practice
Prudence-the quality of being prudent
English Prudently I am thankful that you are still prudence
Reprobate-an unprincipled person (often used humorously or affectionately)
Late middle English Reprocess, reproduce You need to go to church and stop being reprobate