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| Concord | agreement between persons, groups, nations, etc.; concurrence in attitudes, feelings, etc.; unanimity; accord: There was complete concord among the delegates. |
| Adjure | to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty. |
| stalwart | firm, steadfast, or uncompromising |
| alacrity | cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with |
| rampant | violent in action or spirit; raging; furious: a rampant leopard |
| Anathema | a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation or destruction |
| canny | astute; shrewd; knowing; sagacious |
| interloper | One that intrudes in a place, situation, or activity |
| proffer | to put before a person for acceptance; offer |
| gannet | -any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish. |
| virulent | actively poisonous; intensely noxious |
| prodigious | extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc |
| reconnoiter | to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes. |
| assay | to examine or analyze: to assay a situation; to assay an event. |
| swathe | to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material |
| pyre | a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material. |
| graith | equipment or armor |
| extol | to praise highly; laud; eulogize |
| depredation | the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage |
| Interdicting | To prohibit or place under an ecclesiastical or legal sanction |
| Blasphemy | impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things. |
| Avarice | excessive or insatiable desire or greed; cupidity |
| intemperance | excessive indulgence of appetite or passion. |
| Pernicious | causing insidious harm or ruin |
| Niggardly | reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly. |
| Impediment | obstruction; hindrance; obstacle. |
| Continent | exercising or characterized by restraint in relation to the desires or passions and esp. to sexual desires; temperate. |
| Scruples | An uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle that tends to hinder action. See Synonyms at qualm. |
| asperity | harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; |
| supple | bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed |
| glower | a look of sullen dislike, discontent, or anger |
| scurrilous | grossly or obscenely abusive |
| importune | to press or beset with solicitations |
| disparage | to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate |
| guile | insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; |
| mercenary | working or acting merely for money or other reward |
| prevarication | to speak falsely or misleadingly |
| burgess | an inhabitant of an English borough |
