Accomplices: Someone who is a part of the
crime
Bailiff: Person who makes the arrest
Bourgeois: Upper class/fancy
Conflicting Evidence: Does not support the proof given
Corroborating: Supports the proof already given
Decree: Order
Diminish: Downplay
Domicile: Where you live
Denounce: Disapproving of something
Deposed: Made a statement/stated
Deposition: Statement/Testimony
Desertion: Abandoning a
place/person/leaving
Embers: Coals from a fire
Gaol: Prison
Imprudently: Rashly
Menaced: Drives someone crazy
Mistress: Owner of
the house/boss
Nullified: Made void/ to cancel
Ordinance: Law or regulation
Reparation: Repaying of debt/fixing
things
Rife: Abundant
“Said
woman:” (Usually refers to
Angelique)
Scapegoat: Person or object wrongfully
blamed for something
Verdict: Final decision
Virtue: Particular moral quality
Writ: A written order
signed by a judge
