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brandish v. to wave as a threat, usually a weapon plight n. predicament direful adj. dreadful; terrible vantage n. a position that provides a broad view of a place or idea rapt adj. absorbed in thought prophetic adj. foretelling events as if by divine inspiration corporal adj. bodily surmise v. to imagine, guess recompense n. reimbursement; compensation peerless adj. unequalled chastise v. to punish, criticize purveyor n. one that furnishes provisions, especially food chalice n. cup, especially a ceremonial cup trammel v. to entrap or confine mettle n. courage and fortitude; spirit repose n. rest; calmness entreat v. to plead for augment v. increase in size or extent palpable adj. touchable prate v. to talk on and on knell n. the stroke or sound of a bell surfeit v. to overindulge appall v. to horrify; to shock multitudinous adj. consisting of a great number of individuals incarnadine v. to make blood-red equivocate v. to intentionally deceive of confuse unruly adj. wild, untamed temperate adj. calm, even tempered consort n. associate, cohort predominance n. superior power posterity n. future generations verity n. truth bestow v. to give or grant valor n. bravery dauntless adj. fearless rancor n. malice; spitefulness sundry adj. varied, various disjoint v. to dislocate; to separate eminence n. a position of distinction or superiority jocund adj. merry apace adv. at a rapid pace; quickly nonpareil n. a person or thing without equal blanch v. to turn white profound adj. very deep malevolence n. ill feeling resolute adj. form or determined; unwavering sear v. to burn, scorch pernicious adj. destructive judicious adj. wise diminutive adj. tiny redress v. to make amends for recoil v. to pull back in a startled manner cistern n. reservoir intemperance n. lack of moderation stanchless adj. insatiable avarice n. greed interdiction n. a prohibition by court order blaspheme v. to speak in an irreverent way about sacred things abjure v. to deny, renounce covet v. to have a strong desire for something perturbation n. agitation upbraid v. to scold fain adv. gladly sere adj. withered purgative adj. cleansing bane n. a cause of harm, ruin, or death censure v. to criticize or disapprove severely speculative adj. theoretical direness n. evil tarry v. to linger, delay harbinger n. one who signals the approach of another clamorous adj. noisy abhor v. to loathe prowess n. courage compass v. to surround