| Term | Definition |
|---|
| beacon | a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, esp. one in an elevated position |
| husks | A framework serving as a support |
| unadulterated | utter; absolute |
| bristle | to become rigid with anger or irritation |
| rend | to tear apart, split, or divide |
| yoke | a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, esp. oxen |
| revering | to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate |
| ravish | to seize and carry off by force |
| bastion | a fortified place |
| rancor | bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice |
| ramparts | A fortification consisting of an embankment, often with a parapet built on top |
| scourge | a cause of affliction or calamity |
| reproach | to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure |
| skewered | to hold together or pierce with or as if with a skewer |
| oracles | an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry. |
| entrails | the internal parts of anything |
| gloats | A feeling of great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction |
| dirge | a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead |
| revel | to take great pleasure or delight |
| impotent | without force or effectiveness |
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