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AH10
Augur
(v) to foretell the future (usually by reading the guts of birds)
(n) a soothsayer who is skilled in augury (ancient Rome)
Benison
a blessing or benediction
Blasted
rotten, blighted, affected by a withering disease or some other mold or parasite.
Carouse
to drink heavily and rowdily. to party drunkenly and raucously
Dire
characterized by severe, serious, or desperate circumstances. Very bad, very dangerous, will most likely result in serious consequences.
Equivocat
to be deliberately unclear. To speak vaguely or ambiguously, especially in order to mislead. To tell the technical truth in order to mislead, deceive, or lie.
Gall
noun. 1. Impudent boldness, audacity
2. bitter feeling, resentment
3. bile, stomach acid
- verb. 4. To annoy or cause anger or bitterness.
Harbinger
somebody or something that foreshadows or anticipates future event. Herald, portent, omen
Incarnadine
blood-red
Pernicious
highly destructive; deadly, poisonous
Ravish
to capture and carry off by force, to overwhelm, to rape, to violate
more modern definition = To overwhelm somebody with pleasurable feelings or emotions
Staunch
(adj) resolute, unflinching, loyal
(v) to stop, to halt, to curb, curtail, stem, or hold back the flow of something.
Surmise
To guess or deduce based on intuition or limited evidence
Trammel
(n). a weighted net, something that limits a person’s freedoms
(v) to restrain or ensnare somebody or something. To hold back
Trifle
noun 1. Something trivial or inconsequential
2. a small quantity
verb to treat (something or someone) without seriousness or respect, to be cavalier
