PRECURSOR (n.) A person or thing that comes before another.
MALIGNANT (adj.) Very evil or dangerous
APPARITION (n.) A strange figure, like a ghost, that appears suddenly
USURP (v.) To take power unlawfully
ADVOCATE (n.) A person who speaks in another's cause

ACT II

CONTENTIOUS (adj.) Argumentative; quarrelsome
EBB (v.) To weaken or decline
SUPPLANT (V.) To replace, especially through force, trickery, or treachery
PRECEDENT (n.) A case that may serve as an example for a later one
ABOMINABLE (adj.) Hateful; repulsive

ACT III

ODIOUS (adj.) Hateful; disgusting
VALIANT (adj.) Brave
SALUTATION (n.) A greeting
DUMB (adj.) Silent; mute
DESOLATE (adj.) Uninhabited; forlorn

ACT IV

RATIFY (v.) To confirm; make valid or legal
ABSTEMIOUS (adj.) Moderate; temperate
WANTON (adj.) Willfully and intentionally malicious
CONSPIRACY (n.) A secret plan of a group, especially to do a foul deed
INDIGNATION (n.) Anger felt in reaction to unfairness

ACT V

PENITENT (adj.) Feeling sorry or regretful for having done wrong
ABJURE (v.) To reject; renounce; give up
IRREPARABLE (adj.) Not able to be repaired
ISSUE (n.) Children; offspring
INDULGENCE (n.) 1. The act of giving way to another's or one's own desires
2. Something given as a favor

CONJECTURES (n., v.) Formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for Proof; speculation
INFATURATION (n.) Foolish or all-absorbing passion or unreasonable admiration
INTERMINABLE (adj.) Having no apparent limit or end; unending
AFFABLE (adj.) Easy to approach and to talk to; friendly
INCONGRUOUS (adj.) Out of place or keeping; inappropriate; inconsistent; not harmonious in character
LAMPOON (n.) Broad, often-harsh satire directed against an individual or institution; ridicule
NOVICE (n.) Person who is new to the circumstances, work in which he/she is placed; Beginner
ASININE (adj.) --- ASININELY (adv.)
Unintelligent; silly; stupid
PATRIARCH (n.) Male head of a family or tribal line