eng vocab

minion

A follower of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one.

prophetic

Accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future.

vantage

A place or position affording a good view of something.

treason

The crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.

harbinger

A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.

dire

Extremely serious or urgent.

trifle

Treat (someone or something) without seriousness or respect.

surmise

Suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.

dwindle

Diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength.

lavish

Sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.

deign

Do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity.

thither

To or toward that place.

interim

The intervening time.

chastise

Rebuke or reprimand severely.

wanton

Deliberate and unprovoked; sexually liberated.