Key vocab

• What is the definition of "apparition"?

  A ghost or ghost-like image of a person
• What does "avaricious" mean?

  Having extreme greed for wealth or material gain
• What is a "broil"?

  A battle or fight
• What does "dichotomy" refer to?

  A division or contrast between two opposite things
• What is "equivocation" used for?

  To conceal the truth using ambiguous language
• What is "Golgotha" known for?

  It is the site outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
• What does it mean to "hallucinate"?

  To think you can see something which isn't really there
• What is a "harbinger"?

  A thing or a person that signals the approach of something else
• How is "heinous" defined?

  Totally wicked and evil
• What does "incarnadine" mean?

  To tinge or stain with red
• What does "lineage" refer to?

  Direct descent from an ancestor
• What is a "monarchy"?

  A form of government with a monarch at the head
• What does "nonpareil" mean?

  Having no match or equal; unrivalled
• What is "primogeniture"?

  The system of inheritance or succession by the first-born, specifically the eldest son
• What is a "prophecy"?

  A prediction of what will happen in the future
• What does "regicide" refer to?

  The action of killing a king
• What does "succession" mean in a historical context?

  The action or process of inheriting a title
• What is "superstition"?

  A firm belief in the supernatural
• What is a "thane"?

  A man who held land granted by the king
• What does "treason" mean?

  The crime of betraying your country
• What does "unlineal" refer to?

  Not of the family line
• What is a "usurper"?

  A person who takes a position of power illegally