| Term | Definition |
| insolent | adj. insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct; overbearing; impudent |
| perdition | n. eternal damnation; hell |
| consternation | n. amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| perfidious | adj. faithless or disloyal |
| inveterate | adj. firmly established by long persistence |
| homage | n. expression of high regard or respect |
| extirpate | v. to destroy completely wipe out |
| prescience | n. foreknowledge of events; human anticipation of the course of events |
| precursor | n. one that precedes and indicates the approach of another; predecessor |
| manifold | adj. marked by diversity or variety; many |
| vigor | n. active bodily or mental strength or force |
| dolorous | adj. causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| paragon | n. a model of excellence |
| importune | adj/v. troublesomely urgent; overly persistent in request or demand |
| prate | v. to talk long and idly; chatter |
| supplant | v. to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |