Vocabulary from GoT

·         Yielding– inclined to give in; submissive; compliant

·         Zeitgeist - the ideas prevalent in a period and place, particularly as expressed in literature, philosophy, and religion

·         Fealty – the obligation or engagement to be faithful to a lord

·         Privy - a toilet located in a small shed outside a house or other building; an outhouse.

·         Succor - Assistance and support in times of hardship and distress.

·         Papist – a Roman Catholic

·         Recusancy - refusal to submit to established authority

·         Profligacy - reckless extravagance or wastefulness in the use of resources

·         Apostate - a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle

·         Insalubrious – unhealthy

·         Manacles – a shackle for the hand

·         Besmirch - to bring shame or disgrace on somebody's reputation

·         Flagon – a large bottle of wine/liquor

·         Simpering – to smile in a silly manner

·         Paramour – a secret lover

·         Asunder – into parts

·         Spurn – to reject with disdain

·         Peripatetic – walking or traveling about

·         Regicide – the deliberate killing of a monarch