Avaunt - (adv.) away, hence, go away, leave, depart.
"Avaunt, you foul creature, begone from my sight!"
Thralls - (n.) A slave, someone in thralldom. (Slavery)
"The woman shrieked in horror as she passed her tyrannical husband whipping the thralls."
Posterity - (n.) All descendants of one person.
"The dog was buried next to his posterity in the Huntington Family Pet Cemetary."
Homage - (n.) Respect or reverence
"The man wore a single white glove when he performed onstage as an homage to Michael Jackson."
Cloistered - (adj.) secluded from the world.
"Boo Radley led a very cloistered life until Scout and Jem started putting things in the knothole."
Equivocator - (n.) someone who uses vague word choice/language in order to refrain form speaking the truth.
"When Pedro interrogated with Joseph, it was hard to get a straight answer from him due to Joseph being an expert equivocator."
Avarice (n.) an insatiable greed, addiction to wealth and richness.
"The Queen's avarice grew to great extremes as she murdered all of her subjects who didn't cough up enough money for taxes."
Parricide - (n.) Act of killing one's father, or a father-killer.
"Cyrsius challenged Archius for committing parricide and wished to battle him to the death in the coliseum."
Verity - (n.) A true factual idea, belief, or subject.
"Elderly man Hank was convinced at the verities of unicorns, orks, and goblins."
Malevolence - (n.) The feeling of malice, being bad, not good.
"There was so much malevolence in the castle, everyone began to turn on each other and all trust was broken; pretty soon, all the guests either had a knife in their back or poison in their drink."
Eminence - (n.) A high rank or title.
"The lieutenant dreamed that one day he could hold an eminence such as general or commander."
Liege - (n.) A feudal subject, servant, or vassal
"It never ceases to amaze me how every time I walk into a room, someone always bows before saying 'O, my liege, it is an honor!'" boasted the snobby king.
Mirth - (n.) Extreme happiness, amusement, usually coupled with laughter
"When Samuel found out that he inherited $400,000,000,000 dollars from his great great great grandfather, he trembled with mirth because he couldn't contain his positive emotions."
Avouch - (v.) to admit, confess, or take responsibility
"Tommy said that he would never avouch for stealing the Robinsons' cat, but I knew he didn't and I was tell my mom on him!!!"
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