Cumulative Vocab

Abate

To lessen; to decrease

Conjectures

Guesses; suppositions

Exhort

To urge by a strong argument

Garrisoned

Assign troops for protection

Incensed

Angered; infuriated

Remiss

Negligent; lax in attending to duty

Beguile

To deceive; to cheat

Buffet

To hit or strike against

Bulwark

Anything serving as a defense against on attack

Calamity

Disaster; cause of great distress

Chide

To scold; to reprimand

Clemency

Leniency; mercy

Fetters

Chains or shackles attached to the ankles

Inoculate

To cure by introducing some antigenic material

Whet

To sharpen; to stimulate

Cleave

To split; to adhere; to stick

Firmament

The sky; the heavens

Malefactions

Evil deeds

Paragon

Perfect example; model; standard

Promontory

A cliff high above water

Quintessence

Ideal; essence; perfect model

Rogue

Villain; fiend; scoundrel

Satirical

Sarcastic; biting; mocking

Sovereign

Absolute; total undisputed OR a king; monarch

Assail

To attack

Auspicious

Delightful; joyus; happy; lucky; favorable

Avouch

To certify; to confirm; to guarantee

Calumniaus

Slanderous; attacking one's character

Dirge

Funeral song; death march

Discretion

Permission to make decisions with own judgement

Entreated

To beg; to ask

Mettle

Endurance; bravery

Pernicious

Deadly

Portentous

Foreboding; threatening; sinister

Precept

Rule; principle

Ratified

Approved; confirmed; legalized

Usurp

To seize; to confiscate

Visage

The face or facial expression of a person