| A | B |
|---|
| entreated | to beg; to ask |
| assail | to attack |
| fortified | shielded; secured; protected |
| illume | to brighten; to lighten |
| usurp | to seize; to confiscate |
| avouch | to certify; to confirm; to guarantee |
| esteemed | to honor; to respect; to prize; to treasure |
| ratified | approved; confirmed; legalized |
| portentous | foreboding; threatening; sinister |
| privy | made participant in a secret |
| discretion | permission to make decisions with own judgment |
| auspicious | delightful; joyous; happy; lucky; favorable |
| dirge | funeral song; death march |
| visage | the face or facial expression of a person |
| denote | to indicate; to mark; to signal; to mean |
| countenance | appearance; facial expression |
| calumnious | slanderous; attacking one's character |
| precept | rule; principle |
| perilous | dangerous |
| pernicious | deadly |
