1.
affliction: a condition or cause of pain, suffering or distress
2.
assailable: to attack as if with violent blows; to verbally attack as with ridicule
3.
augur: ancient Roman official who fortold events by observing and interpreting signs and omens
4.
blanch: to draw back or shy away, as from fear; to flinch
5.
bounteous: giving or inclined to give generously
6.
cloistered: a monastery or convent; place devoted to religious seclusion
7.
contriver: to plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise
8.
craving: a consuming desire, a yearning
9.
dauntless: incapable of being intimidated or discouraged; fearless
10.
eminence: a position of great distinction or superiority
11.
homage: special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly
12.
incense: to cause or to be extremely angry; infuriate
13.
infirmity: a body ailment or weakness
14.
jocund: sprightly and lighthearted in disposition
15.
malevolence: wishing evil to others or the quality of threatening evil
16.
malice: a desire to harm others or to see others suffer
17.
oracle: a shrine or person consecrated to the worship and consultation of a prophetic deity
18.
parricide: the murdering of one's father, mother or other near relative
19.
peer: a person who has equal standing with another
20.
posterity: future generations; all of a person's descendants
21.
purge: to free from impurities, as if by cleansing
22.
rebuke: to criticize sharply; reprimand
23.
sundry: various; miscellaneous
24.
verity: the quality or condition of being true, factual, or real