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WW Lesson 19
Vocabulary Words and Definitions for SIS 8th Grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A wall-like structure used as a defense | Bulwark |
| A person or thing that protects or defends | Bulwark |
| To reach or bring to the highest point | Culminate |
| To swallow up by covering completely; to overwhelm | Engulf |
| Able to be done; possible or likely | Feasible |
| A much larger supply than is needed | Glut |
| To supply a much larger amount than is needed | Glut |
| To eat or consume to excess | Glut |
| Widespread destruction or devastation | Havoc |
| Great confusion | Havoc |
| Impossible to attack successfully | Impregnable |
| Not easily made tired; tireless | Indefatigable |
| A fierce attack | Onslaught |
| Any fact or event that can be observed or described | Phenomenon |
| An unusual fact, event, or person | Phenomenon |
| Like a picture; pleasing or charming to look at | Picturesque |
| Happening or existing at the same time | Simultaneous |
| To require as part of an agreement or contract | Stipulate |
| Open or subject to; easily influenced or affected by | Susceptible |
| To pull away from with a twist | Wrest |
| To take by force or as if by force | Wrest |