Vocabulary

Augment

To make greater in number, size, or degree; to add to or supplement.

Consort

To associate oneself with, to keep company.

Conspiracy

Combination of persons for an evil or unlawful purpose.

Covent

Covered, hidden, sheltered.

Demeanor

Way of acting, conduct of life, behavior.

Disconsolate

Lacking consolation or comfort, unhappy, despondent.

Discourse

Faculty of reasoning, reasoned argument, rationality.

Exploit

To take advantage of unfairly, utilize for one's own ends.

Imminent

Impending threateningly, close at hand in its incidence.

Legacy

Sum of money or specified articles given by will.

Malice

Intention to do evil or cause injury, ill will or hatred.

Oration

Formal discourse in elevated language, impassioned speech.

Portentous

Ominous, threatening, having the nature of a portent.

Presage

To be an omen of, to constitute a supernatural sign of a future event.

Prodigious

Of the nature of an omen, portentous.

Resolution

Reconciliation of conflicting views, formal decision or determination.

Slander

Utterance of false statements to defame or injure a person.

Spare

Lean, thin, having little flesh.

Spurn

To reject with contempt, scorn, or despise.

Suit

Legal process for recovery of rights, enforcement of claims, or redress of wrongs.

Vile

Despicable, deserving abhorrence, characterized by baseness.