Key Vocabulary Flashcards
monarchy (noun)
a form of government with a monarch at the head
nonpareil (noun)
having no match or equal; unrivalled
primogeniture (noun)
the system of inheritance or succession by the first-born, specifically the eldest son
prophecy (noun)
a prediction of what will happen in the future
regicide (noun)
the action of killing a king
succession (noun)
the action or process of inheriting a title
superstition (noun)
a firm belief in the supernatural
thane (noun)
A man who held land granted by the king
treason (noun)
the crime of betraying your country
unlineal (noun)
not of the family line
usurper (noun)
a person who takes a position of power illegally
apparition (noun)
a ghost or ghost-like image of a person
avaricious (adj)
having extreme greed for wealth or material gain
broil (noun)
battle, fight
dichotomy (noun)
a division or contrast between two opposite things
equivocation (noun)
the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth
Golgotha (noun)
site outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
hallucinate (verb)
think you can see something which isn’t really there
harbinger (noun)
a thing or a person that signals the approach of something else
heinous (adj)
totally wicked and evil
incarnadine (verb)
to tinge or stain with red
lineage (noun)
direct descent from an ancestor
