definitions

Question 1

kindred

Answer 1

n. one’s family and relations.

Question 2

beseech

Answer 2

v.

ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat

Question 3

penury

Answer 3

n. extreme poverty

Question 4

caitiff

Answer 4

n.

a contemptible or cowardly person

Question 5

cordial

Answer 5

n. a comforting or pleasant-tasting medicine.

Question 6

aloof

Answer 6

adj.not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant

Question 7

obsequies

Answer 7

n. funeral rites.

Question 8

inexorable

Answer 8

adj. impossible to stop or prevent.

Question 9

paramour

Answer 9

n.

a lover, esp. the illicit partner of a married person.

Question 10

inauspicious

Answer 10

adj. not showing or suggesting that future success is likely

Question 11

contagion

Answer 11

n. the communication of disease from one person to another by close contact.

Question 12

restorative

Answer 12

n. something, esp. a medicine or drink, that restores health, strength, or well-being.

Question 13

liege

Answer 13

n.

a feudal superior or sovereign

Question 14

privy

Answer 14

adj. sharing in the knowledge of (something secret or private).

Question 15

enmity

Answer 15

n. the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.