| Pious | Religious, sincere but unlikely to be fulfilled |
| Providential | Occurring at a favorable time |
| Prowess | Skill or expertise in a particular activity or field, bravery in battle |
| Schism | Division and split |
| Slander | make false and defaming statements |
| Stalwart | Loyal, reliable and hard-working |
| Supplicate | Ask or beg for something humbly |
| Terse | short and concise |
| Tirade | a long angry speech of criticism |
| Woeful | Characterized by sorrow or sad, awful |
| Abject | Woeful, without pride and dignity, present to the maximum degree |
| Amicable | Characterized by friendliness and absence of discord |
| Animosity | strong hostility |
| Aver | declare, claim, assert |
| Barrage | Bombard with complaints, criticism, questions |
| Dispense | get rid of |
| Enthrall | Fascinate |
| Fledgling | An organization that has just emerged, immature, inexperienced |
| Fortitude | Courage in pain and adversity |
| Goad | Provoke or annoy someone to stimulate an action or reaction |
| Imminent | about to happen, impending |
| Incontrovertible | Not able to be denied |
| Itinerant | Travelling from place to place |
| Magnanimous | generous and forgiving rival or less powerful person |
| Mutiny | Refuse to obey the orders of a person in authority |
| Paradoxical | self-contradictory, inconsistent |
| Render | Submit, contribute, give up, cause to be or become |
| Repertoire | A stock of skills or behaviors a person uses |
| Resilient | Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult situations |
| Supple | Not stiff or hard, easily manipulated |
