| A | B |
|---|
| usurp | seize and take control without athority and possibly with force; take as one's right or posession |
| moiety | one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe |
| portentous | of momentous or ominous significance |
| harbinger | something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone |
| partisan | a pick with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections |
| hallowed | worthy of religious veneration |
| auspicious | auguring favorable circumstances and good luck |
| filial | relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring |
| obsequious | attective in an ingratiating or servile manner |
| retrograde | moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous directon |
| jocund | full of or showing high-spirited merriment |
| discourse | extended verbal expressions in speech or writing |
| truant | absent without permission |
| countenance | the appearance conveyed be a persons face |
| tenable | based on sound reasoning or evidence |
