| ordained | predestined; fixed or established by order or command |
| patrimony | inheritance from a father or other ancestor |
| baleful | deadly, dangerous |
| beguiling | deluding, decieving |
| buffets | to strike against forcefully, batter |
| relent | to cause to be less harsh or severe; to give in |
| renown | state of being much known and talked of |
| retainers | servant/attendant (esp. in the household of a highly ranked or celebrated person) |
| din | jumble of loud sounds |
| engendering | to generate, procreate, bring to existence |
| divining/divination | divining-to know by inspiration, intuition or r seflection; divination- prediction |
| sage | harving or exhibiting wisdom |
| lament | to express grief; mourn |
| cunning | marked by deceptiveness and subletly |
| foreboding | to indicate the likelihood of; to predict or prophecy |
| malice | desire to harm others or see others suffer; extreme ill, spite |
| insolent | rude, disrespectful; impertinent |
| precedence | prioirty claimed or recieved |
| hekatomb | sacrifice to the gods consisting of 100 oxen or cattle |
| stratagem | military maneuver designed to trick or surprise enemy |
| pacify | to ease angir or agitation |
| rite | ceremonial/religious act |
| mulled | to think over a lot, ponder |
| illustrious | well-known and distinguished;eminent |
| lithe | flexible, easily bent |
| desolation | devestation, ruin |
| revel | to take great pleasure or delight; to pull back, retract |
| surfeit | overindulgence in food or drink |
| dissemble | to disguise or conceal behind a false appearance |
| clamor | to exclaim insistently and noisily |