Bereavement
Loss, Deprivation, Dispossession (Noun).
Disembark
Get off a carriage or vessel (Verb).
Tarnished
Discolored, Corroded, Deteriorated (Adjective).
Fasces
A bundle of wooden rods that contained an axe within. In ancient Rome, they were considered symbols of magisterial and priestly authority. They were part of administrative and religious ceremonies and public processions.
Equestrian
Horseman, Horse-rider, Jockey (Noun).
Obsequious
Servile, unctuous, Subservient (Adjective).
Annihilation
Complete Destruction, Obliteration (Noun).
Legion
A large unit of the Roman army, typically consisting of five thousand or ten cohorts of soldiers.
Ovation
A victorious commander’s processional entrance into Rome.
Recrimination
Counter-argument, Counter-Accusation (Noun).
Antipathy
Hostility, Antagonism, Animosity (Noun).
Animosity
Aversion, Enmity, Distaste (Noun).
Sham
Fake, Pretended, Feigned, Artificial (Adjective).
Mitigate
Alleviate, Reduce, Diminish (Verb).
Exoneration
Vindication, Absolution, Acquittal (Noun).
Impetuosity
Rashness, Recklessness, Haste (Noun).
Eloquence
Oratory, Rhetoric (Noun).
Cohort
An ancient Roman military unity. Six ‘centuries’ made a cohort, and ten cohorts made a ‘legion’.
Sacrilege
Desecration, Profanity, Blasphemy (Noun).
Complicit
Someone facilitating a crime (Noun).
Implicated
Incriminated, Compromised (Adjective).
Disruptive
Disorderly, Trouble-making, Riotous (Adjective).
Vicissitude
Alteration, Metamorphosis, Transmutation (Adjective).
Conflate
Combine (Verb).
