Endorse : Give support or one's approval to :

Ameliorate : Improve :

Consecrate : Solemnly dedicated :

Coveted : Greatly desired :

Exonerate : Discharge, Clear :

Antagonist : Someone who offers opposition :

Pester : Annoy persistently :

Deposed : Force to leave (an office) :

Unfurled : spread out or be unrolled :

Protectorate : Associate state : ,

Obscure : Make less visible or unclear :

Commemorate: Call to remembrance :

Endures : Put up with something or somebody unpleasant :

Augment : Enlarge or increase :

Imbue : Spread or diffuse through :

Ides : :

Foreboding : A feeling of evil to come :