Invert
The psychologist's term for homosexual during the early part of the twentieth century. The theory was that the sexual orientation of a homosexual person was "inverted" and homosexuals were therefore referred to as inverts.
Common Decency
Generally acceptable standards of behavior
Scope
Potential
Unclean
Sexually perverted
Scourge
Curse, general threat.
Vile
Nasty, unpalatable.
Approbation
Disapproval, distrust
Lustful
Thinking sexually about others, consumed and preoccupied by thoughts of sex
Ignorant
Uninformed, bigoted
Comprehend
Understand
Despised
Hated, loathed
Hideous
Monstrous,ugly
"God marked on the forehead"
This is a reference to the mark of Cain in the Bible; such a mark singled a person out to be unaccepted by the rest.
Abhor
Hate
Convention
The way in which things have always been done
Abominable
Aberrant, against God
Burden
A heavy weight to bear
"The world is not so black as it is painted"
This phrase means that the world is not as bad as it seems
Niche
Area where one fits perfectly
Skittles
A pub game played in England
Apt
to have a tendency to do something
Expedient
Effective, convenient
Outlaw
Someone outside of the norm of society
Vessel
Something that is the container for something else, for example, a jug being a vessel for water
Seldom
Rarely
Contrition
Guilty regret
