- abate: lessen
- abdicated: given up responsibility for
- acquiese: agree or accept quietly
- adversary: opponent
- arbitrary: based on whims or individual preferences
- arduous: difficult
- assert: to declare; claim
- avert: to prevent
- cadid: unbiased; fair
- celestial: divine; perfect
- censures: strong; disapproving criticisms
- confiscation: seizure of property by authority
- consolation: comfort
- contrains: forces
- dominion: rule
- eloquence: well-articulated, persuasive speech
- eradicate: to eliminate
- expunge: erase; remove
- facilitate: make easier
- impious: ireverent
- indiscreet: careless in speech or action
- inevitable: not avoidable
- insidious: sneaky
- inviolate: opponent
- itinerant: traveling
- magnanimity: nobility of spirit
- martial: warlike
- perseverance: persistance
- pretense: false claim
- ravage: act of violent destrution
- rectitude: correctness
- rejected: uncorrupted
- relinquised: given up
- renounce: to give up
- solace: to comfort
- subsequent: following
- supplication: earnest plea
- transient: temporary; passing
- tyranny: oppression
- vigilant: watchful