entreat (verb)
ask for or request earnestly
harrow (verb)
cause to feel distress
usurp (verb)
seize and take control without authority
moiety (noun)
a part or portion of something
portentous (adj)
ominously prophetic
harbinger (noun)
something indicating the approach of something or someone
hallowed (adj)
worthy of religious veneration
discretion (noun)
the trait of judging wisely and objectively
auspicious (adj)
indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
dirge (noun)
a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
visage (noun)
the human face
trappings (noun)
ornaments; embellishments to or characteristic signs of
filial (adj)
relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring
jocund (adj)
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
countenance (noun)
the appearance conveyed by a person's face
grizzled (adj)
having gray or partially gray hair
besmirch (verb)
smear so as to make dirty or stained
chary (adj)
characterized by great caution
prodigal (adj)
recklessly wasteful
behoove (verb)
be appropriate or necessary
traduce (verb)
speak unfavorably about
pernicious (adj)
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
antic (adj)
ludicrously odd