expiation 
1.The act of expiating; atonement. 
2.A means of expiating. 

denegation  
1. denial

pernicious 
adj. 
Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly: a pernicious virus. 
Causing great harm; destructive: pernicious rumors. 
Archaic. Evil; wicked. 

adroit
Dexterous; deft. Skillful and adept under pressing conditions

bourgeois
A person belonging to the middle class. 
A person whose attitudes and behavior are marked by conformity to the standards and conventions of the middle class. 
In Marxist theory, a member of the property-owning class; a capitalist. 

mendicant 
Depending on alms for a living; practicing begging.

Harangue 
A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering. 
A speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade. 

Pestiferous 
Producing or breeding infectious disease. 
Infected with or contaminated by an epidemic disease. 
Morally evil or deadly; pernicious. 
Bothersome; annoying.

cantonment
A group of temporary billets for troops. 
Assignment of troops to temporary quarters. 
A permanent military installation in India. 

convegance
The act, condition, quality, or fact of converging. 
Mathematics. The property or manner of approaching a limit, such as a point, line, function, or value. 
The point of converging; a meeting place: a town at the convergence of two rivers. 
Physiology. The coordinated turning of the eyes inward to focus on an object at close range. 
Biology. The adaptive evolution of superficially similar structures, such as the wings of birds and insects, in unrelated species subjected to similar environments. Also called convergent evolution. 

filial
Of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial respect. 
Having or assuming the relationship of child or offspring to parent. 
Genetics. Of or relating to a generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation. 

beldame
An old woman, especially one who is considered ugly.

espalier
A tree or shrub that is trained to grow in a flat plane against a wall, often in a symmetrical pattern. 
A trellis or other framework on which an espalier is grown. 

valise
A small piece of hand luggage.