War and Exile

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  1. aching
    causing a dull and steady pain
  2. acute
    ending in a sharp point
  3. amulet
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
  4. artisan
    a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
  5. aura
    distinctive but intangible quality around a person or thing
  6. bear
    be pregnant with
  7. bier
    a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
  8. bold
    fearless and daring
  9. burden
    weight to be carried or borne
  10. capsize
    overturn accidentally
  11. careen
    move at high speed and in an uncontrolled way
  12. cautious
    showing careful forethought
  13. chuckle
    a soft partly suppressed laugh
  14. confused
    unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
  15. conscript
    enroll into service compulsorily
  16. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  17. corpse
    the dead body of a human being
  18. corrupt
    dishonest or immoral or evasive
  19. council
    a body serving in an administrative capacity
  20. cripple
    deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
  21. crumble
    break or fall apart into fragments
  22. dangerous
    involving or causing risk; liable to hurt or harm
  23. decimate
    kill in large numbers
  24. devastate
    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  25. disinherited
    deprived of your rightful heritage
  26. displace
    cause to move, usually with force or pressure
  27. distinct
    constituting a separate entity or part
  28. doom
    an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
  29. downcast
    filled with melancholy and despondency
  30. dreadfully
    of a dreadful kind
  31. edge
    a line determining the limits of an area
  32. elude
    escape, either physically or mentally
  33. emissary
    someone sent to represent another's interests
  34. enslave
    force into servitude
  35. evil
    morally bad or wrong
  36. excessive
    beyond normal limits
  37. fellowship
    the state of being with someone
  38. fend
    try to manage without help
  39. fiery
    like or suggestive of a flame
  40. force
    influence that results in motion, stress, etc. when applied
  41. forethoughtful
    thoughtful of the future
  42. forge
    create by hammering
  43. fury
    the property of being wild or turbulent
  44. gaze
    a long fixed look
  45. ghastly
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  46. gladiator
    a professional combatant in ancient Rome
  47. grandiose
    impressive because of unnecessary largeness or magnificence
  48. haphazardly
    in a random manner
  49. hideous
    grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
  50. horror
    intense and profound fear
  51. imagery
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
  52. impending
    close in time; about to occur
  53. indescribable
    defying expression
  54. inquire
    conduct an investigation of
  55. jagged
    having a sharply uneven surface or outline
  56. lavish
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  57. mad
    roused to anger
  58. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  59. maraud
    raid and rove in search of plunder
  60. mortal
    subject to death
  61. pestilence
    any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  62. plop
    drop something with a plopping sound
  63. primeval
    having existed from the beginning
  64. primordial
    having existed from the beginning
  65. pursue
    follow in an effort to capture
  66. rampart
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  67. ransacked
    wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
  68. ravage
    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  69. skirmish
    a minor short-term fight
  70. sporadically
    in an irregular or unpredictable manner
  71. stooping
    having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
  72. striking
    having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
  73. ticking
    a metallic tapping sound
  74. transplant
    transfer from one place or period to another
  75. uproot
    move forcibly from a homeland into a new foreign environment
  76. vassalage
    the state of a serf
  77. victimized
    of persons; taken advantage of
  78. virile
    characteristic of a man
  79. vizier
    a high government official in some Muslim countries
  80. votive
    dedicated in fulfillment of a vow
  81. vulture
    a large diurnal bird of prey feeding chiefly on carrion
Created on 四月 13, 2011 (updated 八月 20, 2012)

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