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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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patrikjef
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