| Term | Definition |
| conducive | promoting; helpful |
| induce | to persuade |
| traduce | to speak falsely or maliciously of |
| redoubt | place of refuge |
| hegemony | dominance |
| exegesis | thoroguh explanation or interpretation |
| annunciation | an announcement |
| renunciation | an action or statement in which something is given up, rejected, abandoned, or sacrified |
| polity | org. society, such as a nation, state, church, or other org. |
| politic | wise |
| potentate | ruler with great power |
| puissant | powerful |
| regalia | emblems, symbols or royalty, rank, etc. |
| regency | one who administers for a monarch |
| viceroy | governor or ruler exercising authority on behalf of a sovereign in a province or colony |