pernicious
highly injurious or destructive
transgression
infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty
grievance
a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance
solemnity
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 press or urge with troublesome persistence
esteem
the regard in which one is held
partisan
a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person
chaste
the birds and the bees
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
to wear (something, such as an edge of cloth) by or as if by rubbing
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