| A | B |
|---|
| profane(ers) | disrespect; contempt (for the law) |
| pernicious | harmful |
| augmenting | supplementing, increasing |
| portentous | foreshadowing a coming of events or series |
| chaste | sexually pure |
| posterity | all future generations of offspring |
| languish | to be in a state of depression, grief, or weakness |
| heretics | people who maintain religious beliefs contrary to accepted doctrines |
| obscured | shrouded or hidden, not easily seen |
| boisterous | coarse, rowdy, stormy, tumultuous |
| purged | removed of undesired elements, purified |
| perjuries | voluntary violation of oath or promise, false swearing |
| variable | inconstant, changing |
| intercession | petition, request |
| brine | salt water, in this case tears |
| chide | scold |
| rancor | bitter ill-will, enmity, hatred |
| feign | pretend, fake |
| wanton | unrestrained |
| consort | to keep company or associate with |
| garish | glaring, gaudy, having vivid colors |
| tedious | tiresome because of length or dullness, boring |
| beguiled | cheated |
| validity | value |
| abhors | to hate, to detest |
| inundation | to cover with a flood, overflow, overwhelm |
| arbitrating | deciding, determining |
| culled | selected |
| solace | comfort |
| dirges | gloomy, funeral music |
| inexorable | not able to be persuaded or moved |
| provoke | to stir up purposely; to evoke or make happen |
| amorous | indicating or having to do with love |
