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ch.6 vocab
Term | Definition |
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mercenary | hired soldier |
transfer | to move |
recruit | to enlist in the military |
previous | earlier |
aid | to help |
desert | to leave without permission or intent to come back |
inflation | when it takes more and more money to buy the same amount of goods |
issue | to deliver or handout |
blockade | measure that keeps a country from communicating and trading with other nations |
privateer | privately owned ship outfitted with weapons |
impact | to effect |
sustain | to suffer or experience |
strategy | a plan of action |
siege | an attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people or goods into or out of a place |
pursue | to proceed with |
ratify | to approve officially |
ambush | an attack in which the attacker hides and surprises the enemy |