| A | B |
|---|
| abdicate | to give up a throne, right, or power |
| anarchist | a person who seeks to overturn the government by violence |
| begrudge | to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of someone |
| brazen | shameless |
| calumny | a false or malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something |
| canker | diseased tissue |
| chivalry | the rules and customs of medieval knighthood |
| decimated | to destroy a great number |
| didactic | intended for instruction |
| dormant | lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive |
| dote | to bestow or express excessive love or fondness |
| effulgent | shining forth brilliantly; radiant |
| elicit | to draw or bring out |
| garner | to gather or deposit in; to acquire |
| incarnate | given a bodily form; personified |
| intuitive | having a keen and quick insight |
| lament | to feel or express sorrow or regret for |
| magnanimous | generous in forgiving an insult or injury; noble |
| omnipotent | almighty or infinite in power |
| omniscient | having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding |
| oracle | a person or prophecy that gives wise advice |
| parley | a discussion or conference |
| perplex | to cause to be puzzled |
| perquisites | a gratuity or tip; incidental benefit |
| pestilence | a deadly epidemic disease; plague |
| pinnacle | the highest or culminating point, as of success, power, or fame |
| plethora | overabundance; excess |
| poignant | keen or strong |
| progeny | a descendent or offspring; as a child, plant or animal; scion |
| recalcitrant | resisting authority or control; hard to deal with |
| sanction | authoritative permission or approval |
| scepter | royal or imperial power or authority |
| scion | a descendent or offspring; progeny |
| succumb | to give way to superior force; surrender |
| tremulous | timid, fearful; quivering with fear |
| trilogy | a series or group of three plays, novels, movies, etc. |
| unscathed | unharmed; uninjured |
| vagabond | wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic |
| vindictive | inclined to revenge; vengeful |
| wallow | to roll about or lie in water, snow, dust, etc. |
