twinge to cause to have a sudden, brief, darting pain or pang.
derelict neglectful of duty; remiss; negligent.
gyves fetters; shackles.
chaplets wreaths or garlands for the head.
reparation a making of amends; making up for a wrong or injury.
expiate to make amends or reparation for (wrongdoing or guilt); atone for.
rondure a circle or sphere; roundness.
redoubt a breastwork outside or within a fortification.
conflagrations big, destructive fires.
dominion rule or power to rule; sovereign authority; sovereignty.
clambered climbed with effort or clumsily, esp. by using the hands as well as the feet.
pume to foam or froth.
availed was of use, help, worth, or advantage (to), as in accomplishing an end.
embowered enclosed or sheltered in or as in a bower.
portent something that portends an event about to occur, esp. an unfortunate event; omen.
wraith a ghost.
