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Chapter 1-5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Inauguration | a ceremonial induction into office |
| Fervently | exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling |
| Scourge | one used to inflict pain or punishment |
| Adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists |
| appropriate | to take exclusive possession of |
| proprietor | one granted ownership of a colony (such as one of the original American colonies) and full prerogatives of establishing a government and distributing land |
| Incite | to move (someone) to action |
| Implicate | o bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| Patron | a person chosen, named, or honored as a special guardian, protector, or supporter |
| vestuble | a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building |
| confident | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass |
| Oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| gouge | an excessive amount of something coming out of something. |
| Jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| Obscure | shrouded in or hidden by darkness |
| sedece | to withdraw from an organization |