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| 5482535652 | minion | (n) a servant of a powerful person "Like valour's minion carved out his passage" The king's minion is not allowed to speak without permission. | 0 | |
| 5482535653 | deign | (v trans) to condescend to accept/ to grant "Nor would we deign him burial of his men" | 1 | |
| 5482536631 | prologue | (n) a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel. | 2 | |
| 5482536632 | missive | (n) a letter, especially a long or official one. "Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it came missives from the king...." While sitting in class, Greg asked his classmate to pass a love missive to his dream girl. | 3 | |
| 5482536633 | beguile | (verb trans.) to influence by trickery "To beguile the time, Look like the time." Because Sarah knows she is beautiful, she often tries to beguile wealthy men with her looks. | 4 | |
| 5482538958 | commend | (v) praise formally or officially "Oh well done! I commend your pains.." | 5 | |
| 5482539145 | mettle | (n) a person's ability to cope well with difficulties -courage and fortitude "For thy undaunted mettle should compose Nothing but males" Lana didn't have the mettle to survive the way he knew how. | 6 | |
| 5482539146 | prate | (v) talk foolishly or tediously about something. "Thy very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time..." As my teacher continued to prate about various cultures, I began to fall asleep. | 7 | |
| 5482539147 | infirm | (adj) not physically or mentally strong - Coward "Infirm of purpose!" Despite his physical infirmity, the old man still maintained a sharp mind. | 8 | |
| 5482539395 | equivocate | (v) to use unclear language especially to deceive or mislead someone "Faith, here's an equivocator that could swear in both the scales against either scale.." Whenever the politician responded to questions, he would avoid eye contact and equivocate his answers. | 9 |
