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MBSID
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| idle | Not working, active, or being used |
| Fetched | To go after and bring back. |
| Garrison | A military camp, fort, or base. |
| Peppered | To hit repeatedly with your fist or with objects. |
| Constitutes | To make up or form. |
| Prevail | To defeat an opponent especially in a long or difficult contest |
| Agitators | A person who tries to get people angry |
| Blurts | To say suddenly and without thinking about how people will react |
| Stripping | To remove everything from |
| Bayonet | A long knife attached to the end of a rifle |
| Subversion | To try to destroy a political system |
| Vile | Bad or Unpleasant |
| Meddle | To become involved in something that you are not wanted in |
| Clutched | To hold on tightly |
| Commission | Position in the military |
| Resign | To give up |
| Scornful | Showing Disrespect |
| Churning | To mix with force |
| Clambering | To climb awkwardly |
| Stock | The part of a gun that is held against your shoulder |
| Petition | Document that people sign to make an agreement |
| Skirmished | An unplanned fight during a war |
| Speculating | To think about something and make guesses about it |
| Apprentice | A person who learns a job or skill for working for a fixed a period of time for someone. |
| Thrash | to WHIP VERY hard |
| Enlistment | To sign up |
| Recalcitrance | Stubbornly refusing to obey |
| Forage | To search for something |
| Grimaced | A facial expression in which your mouth is twisted |
| Retaliates | To do something bad as revenge |
| Sedition | The crime of saying writing or doing something that encourages people to disobey |
| Seines | Large Fishing nets |
| Turmoil | A state of confusion or disorder |
| Commisary | A store that sells basic household items and food |
| Depreciation | A decrease in the value of something |
| Fusillade | A large number of quickly fired shots |
| Forceps | A medical tool used to grasp things |
| Malitia | People trained like armed fores but are not armed forces |
| Insignia | A badge or sign showing that a person is a member of a group |
| Badgered | To bother or annoy |
| Epidemic | A breakout of a disease |
| Compunction | Feeling guilt or regret |
| Unscrupulous | Unfair |
| Shirk | To avoid doing a required task |
| Decisive | Able to quickly make choices |
| Reflected | To show the image of something on a surface |
| Floundering | To move awkwardly |
| Foreboding | A feeling that something bad is going to happen |
| Defection | To leave a party and go to its rival |
| Clemency | Kind or Merciful treatment of someone who could be given harsh punishment |
| Whet | To make sharper or stronger |
| Rasping | To speak in a way that sounds rough or harsh |