|
1
|
trench n.
|
ditch dug in the ground.
|
|
2
|
expiate v.
|
make up for a wrong-doing.
|
|
3
|
alliance n.
|
close agreement between
two groups.
|
|
4
|
hastily adv.
|
quickly.
|
|
5
|
pact n.
|
agreement.
|
|
6
|
siege n.
|
act of surrounding
a town in order to capture it.
|
|
7
|
insistence n.
|
the act of insisting.
|
|
8
|
resistance n.
|
opposing.
|
|
9
|
precision n.
|
exactness.
|
|
10
|
distinguish v.
|
see in what way two
or more things differ.
|
|
11
|
avail v.
|
serve.
|
|
12
|
stipulate v.
|
make something part
of an agreement.
|
|
13
|
level (down) v.
|
to lower down
|
|
14
|
hoarding n.
|
accumulation.
|
|
15
|
animosity n.
|
hostility; ill-will.
|
|
16
|
eradicate v.
|
destroy completely.
|
|
17
|
gird v.
|
wrap oneself in (girt:
past p).
|
|
18
|
cloak n.
|
long outer garment
without sleeves.
|
|
19
|
sprinkled adj.
|
full of scattered
grains.
|
|
20
|
pickaxe n.
|
heavy tool with two
sharp points used for breaking up rocks etc...
|
|
21
|
confederate n.
|
person joined with
others for some special purpose.
|
|
22
|
renounce v.
|
give up entirely.
|
|
23
|
subtle adj.
|
clever and cunning.
|
|
24
|
morale n.
|
attitude towards difficulties.
|
|
25
|
trace n.
|
mark made by something
which has passed
or existed.
|
|
26
|
negotiate v.
|
talk with another
group to settle
a disagreement.
|
|
27
|
offensive n.
|
continued attack.
|
|
28
|
polytheist n.
|
person who believes
in or worships many gods.
|
|
29
|
challenge v.
|
to call for a fight,
to defy.
|
|
30
|
challenge n.
|
invitation or call
to competition.
|
|
31
|
shed v.
|
cause to flow out.
|
|
32
|
dismount v.
|
get down.
|
|
33
|
fatally adv.
|
in a deadly manner.
|
|
34
|
despoil v.
|
rob; plunder.
|
|
35
|
weariness n.
|
tiredness.
|
|
36
|
shortage n.
|
deficiency; condition
of not having enough.
|
|
37
|
pasture n.
|
grass for feeding
cattle.
|
|
38
|
glorious adj.
|
splendid; magnificent.
|
|
39
|
inwardly adv.
|
in mind or spirit.
|
|
40
|
utmost adj.
|
most extreme; greatest.
|
|
41
|
hostage n.
|
person taken by the
enemy to ensure that the other side will fulfil the enemy's demands.
|
|
42
|
exterminate v.
|
completely destroy
or kill a large number.
|
|
43
|
suspicious adj.
|
feeling suspicion;
not trusting.
|
|
44
|
torrent n.
|
a swift, violent stream
of water.
|
|
45
|
shelter n.
|
protection from weather
or from danger.
|
|
46
|
departure n.
|
the act of leaving
(a place).
|
|
47
|
escort v.
|
go with somebody as
a guard.
|
|
48
|
waver v.
|
to be unsteady; be
in doubt between
two opinions.
|
|
49
|
pretext n.
|
a false excuse.
|
|
50
|
stronghold n.
|
a place that is strongly
defended; fortress.
|
|
51
|
accordance n.
|
agreement.
|
|
52
|
blame v.
|
say that somebody
or something was the cause of some trouble.
|
|
53
|
reproach v.
|
blame angrily or sadly.
|
|
54
|
consult v.
|
ask the advice of.
|
|
55
|
surrender v.
|
give up.
|
|
56
|
soften v.
|
to make soft.
|
|
57
|
wail v.
|
make a long cry of
grief.
|
|
58
|
repentance n.
|
feeling of sorrow,
for wrongdoing.
|
|
59
|
overjoy v.
|
give great joy to;
delight.
|
|
60
|
free v.
|
to let go; make free.
|
|
61
|
submit v.
|
yield.
|
|
62
|
leniency n.
|
quality of being merciful.
|
|
63
|
spare v.
|
keep from harming.
|
|
64
|
fate n.
|
the end or result.
|
|
65
|
tread v.
|
step; put one's foot
down (trodden: past p).
|
|
66
|
courtesy n.
|
politeness.
|
|
67
|
urge v.
|
ask or advise seriously.
|
|
68
|
decisive adj.
|
giving a clear result.
|
|
69
|
disaffection n.
|
disloyalty.
|
|
70
|
sedition n.
|
rebellious action.
|
|
71
|
intervene v.
|
join in a quarrel
between two people so as to stop it or to help the loser.
|
|
72
|
precedence n.
|
greater importance.
|
|
73
|
humbler adj.
|
less important.
|
|
74
|
assert v.
|
declare firmly.
|
|
75
|
string v.
|
thread or bead on
a string.
|
|
76
|
bead n
|
a small ornamental
ball of wood or glass with.
|
|
77
|
ablution n.
|
a hole through it,
washing of the hands or the body as an act of religion.
|