- Amity: A state of friendship and cordiality
- castigate: Inflict severe punishment on
- catharsis: letting out pent up emotions
- destitution: A state without friends or money or prospects
- expedient: A means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
- incantation: A ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect.
- luscious: Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
- lynch: Kill without legal sanction.
- oust: Remove and replace
- overt: Open and observable; not secret or hidden
- predecessor: One who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office).
- predicament: A situation that is difficult orunpleasant or trying
- sanguine: Confidently optimistic and cheerful
- tyro: a novice or beginner
- ubiquitous: Being present everywhere at once