| ordained | fixed or established |
| patrimony | An inheritance from a father or other ancestor |
| baleful | deadly, sinister |
| buffets | to strike against forcefully |
| relent | to give in, as in influence or pressure |
| renown | state of being much known and talked of |
| retainer | A servant or attendant, especially one in the household of a person of high rank |
| din | A jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds |
| engendering | to bring into existence |
| divining and divination | To know by inspiration, intuition or reflection; (n) An indication of what is future or secret, prediction |
| sage | having or exhibiting wisdom or wise judgment |
| lament | mourn |
| cunning | crafty, sly |
| shroud | a cloth used to wrap a body for burial |
| foreboading | to prophecy or predict |
| malice | a desire to harm others or see others suffer |
| insolent | audaciously rude or disrespectful |
| precedence | superiority |
| hekatomb | sacrificing of 100 cattle |
| stratagem | a military maneuver designed to deceive or surprise an enemy |
| pacify | to ease the anger or agitation |
| rite | a ceremonial act or series of acts |
| mulled | to go over extensively in the mind, ponder |
| illustrios | well-known and very distinguished |
| lithe | limber; capable of being easily bent |
| desolation | ruin |
| revel | to take great pleasure or delight; to pluck, retract, pull back |
| surfeit | overindulgence in food or drink |
| dissemble | to disguise or conceal behind a false appearance |
| clamor | to exclaim insistently and noisily |