All terms in this list:

benevolent: Having a disposition to do good.

reprisal: act of retaliation

pique: A remark, usually witty, made in a social situation and intended to slight someone else.

sect: A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

viz.: namely, that is to say, as follows, specifically, as an illustration.

abate: To bring down or reduce to a lower state, number, degree or estimation.

cede: To give up, give way, give away.

approbation: The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition

supposition: Something that is supposed; an assumption, conjecture or speculation

quagmire: A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament. A swampy, soggy area of ground.

mire: Deep mud; moist, spongy earth. An undesirable situation, a predicament.