| A | B |
|---|
| sovereign | royal power; supreme power or rank |
| edict | law |
| connive | to conspire, to cooperate secretly |
| despondent | feeling or showing hopelessness, discouragement or gloom |
| contrive | to plan, devise, or invent |
| hubris | excessive pride or self confidence, arrogance |
| ravish | to violate, seize, or carry off by force |
| impious | lacking reverence for gods or religious practice |
| tempest | violent storm |
| imprecations | to call down evil, to put a curse upon |
| folly | lacking understanding or sense, being foolish |
| virtue | moral excellence, conforming to moral ethics |
| comeliness | attractiveness, goodlooking |
| requite | to repay in kind, in either a good or bad way |
| enmity | a feeling or condition of hostility or hatred |
