pernicious
highly injurious or descructive
transgression
an act, process, or instance of transgressing
grievance
a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance
solemnity
a formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
posterity
the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
valiant
possessing or acting with bravery or boldness
importune
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
esteem
the regard in which one is held especially high regard
partisan
a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or personespecially : one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance
chaste
to keep ones virtue
profane
to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt
forswear
to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath
languish
to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated
augment
to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
fray
a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute
portentous
of, relating to, or constituting a portent
heretics
a person who differs in opinion from established religious dogma
tyrannous
marked by tyranny
gall
brazen boldness often with brash self-confidence
nuptials
of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony