- accord: a feeling of agreement or harmony;a formal agreement
- affirm: To declare positively
- bequeath: To pass on to others
- citadel: A fortress on a hill; a stronghold
- confer: To grant or bestow
- coup: Asuccesful action that brings about a striking change
- dignitary: A person who holds a high rank or position of honor
- embroil: To involve in an argument or conflict
- epoch: An extended period of time marked by a series of related events
- impeccable: Free from fault or flaw; perfect
- institute: To establish, organize, or put into effect; to begin
- patriarch: the male founder or ruler of a family or tribe
- rapport: A feeling of harmoniousconnection between two people or groups of people
- Renounce: To give up a right to, abandon, reject
- rhetoric: The art of using language skillfully