english vocab

A cart used to convey condemned prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution

a group of advisers, assistants, or others accompanying an important person

incapable of being fully explored or understood

impossible to persuade; impossible to stop

Relating to money

a modest or low view of one's own importance; humbleness

compose or perform without preparation

a pithy (concise) observation that contains a general truth

expressing disapproval; disapproving

a charge or claim that someone has done something undesirable

copying something achieved by someone else and trying to do it as well as they have

in a manner that doesn’t show regret

having or displaying a passionate intensity

characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress

accorded a great deal of respect

address an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem to someone or something

with great care and perseverance

a small portion; limited quantity

isolate; OR take legal possession of

lack of harmony among musical notes or other elements