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Term | Definition |
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ambush | a trap in which soldiers or other enemies hide to make a surprise attack |
captive | prisoner |
crafty | skillful in deceiving others; sly; tricky |
defiant | openly resisting; challenging |
devour | eat hungrily; absorb* completely; take in greedily |
emerge | come out; come up; come into view |
fragile | easily broken, damaged, or destroyed; delicate |
jagged | with sharp points sticking out; unevenly cut or torn |
linger | stay on; go slowly as if unwilling to leave |
perish | be destroyed; die |
prosper | be successful; have good fortune |
vigor | active strength or force |
anticipate | look forward to; expect |
baffle | confuse, amazing |
collide | come together with force, accident |
confirm | prove to be true or correct; make certain |
detour | a roundabout way |
dilemma | situation requiring a choice between two evils |
merit | goodness; worth; value |
plea | request; appeal |
relieve | make less; make easier; release; free |
transmit | send over; pass on; pass along; let through |
verify | prove to be true; confirm |
weary | tired |
acknowledge | admit to be true |
beneficiary | person who receives benefit |
delinquent | an offender; criminal; behind time |
deprive | take away from by force |
homicide | a killing of one human being by another; murder |
justice | just conduct; fair dealing |
penalize | declare punishable by law or rule; set a penalty for |
reject | refuse to take, use, believe, consider, grant, etc. |
spouse | husband or wife |
unstable | not firmly fixed; easily moved or overthrown |
vocation | occupation; business; profession; trade |
warden | keeper; guard; person in charge of a prison |
exhibit | display; show |
extract | pull out or draw out, usually with some effort |
forbid | order someone not to do something; make a rule against |
logical | reasonable; reasonably expected |
partial | not complete; not total |
precaution | measures taken beforehand; foresight |
Prior | coming before; earlier |
proceed | go on after having stopped; move forward |
rarely | seldom; not often |
reptile | a cold blooded animal that creeps or crawls; snakes lizards |
valiant | brave; courageous |
authority | the right to command or enforce obedience |
consider | think about in order to decide |
detest | dislike very much; hate |
encourage | give courage to; increase the confidence of |
fierce | savage; wild |
neutral | on neither side of a quarrel or war |
scowl | look angry by lowering the eyebrows; frown |
sneer | show scorn or contempt by looks or words |
symbol | something that stands for or represents something else |
trifle | a small amount; little bit; something of little value |
vermin | small animals that are troublesome or destructive |
wail | cry loud and long because of grief or pain |