| A | B |
| plight | a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one - perdiciment |
| minion | a server who follows someone in power |
| corporal | of the human body; bodily; physical |
| surmise | to think of infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess |
| cleave | to adhere closely; stick; cling; to remain faithful |
| harbinger | anything that foreshadows a future event; a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another |
| chastise | to punish severely |
| beguile | to influence by trickery |
| couriers | a messenger usually traveling in haste |
| augment | to make larger in size, strength, and number |
| palpable | readily or plainly seen/heard, touchable |
| appall | to overcome with horror/fear |
| carousing | to engage in a drunken revel; to drink frequently and heavily |
| countenance | expression of face |
| equivocate | to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate |
| scruples | a moral or ehtical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions |
| consort | a husband/wife/spouse especially of a reigning monarch |
| suborned | to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime |
| dauntless | not to be intimidated |
| rebuke | to express sharp disapproval |
| avarice | greed |