1. combatant (n.)
-a person, group, or country that takes part in a war
-example: Our nation is combatant during this war.
2. duel (n.)
-an argument between two people
-example: Don't bother us.That's our duel.
3. spear (n.)
-a long weapon like a stick with one sharp end
-example: I held a spear in the forests.
4. gripping (adj.)
-very exciting and interesting
-example: That movie is so gripping that you should take a look.
5. shaft (n.)
-the main part of something long and thin, not including the end
-example: Don't touch the shaft of an arrow.
6. lever (v.)
-to move something using a lever
-example: They had to lever the door open.
7. chariot (n.)
-a vehicle with two wheels and no roof that was pulled by horses in races and battles in ancient times. Someone who drove a chariot was called a charioteer.
-example: There is a chariot here.
8. jut (v.)
- to be further forward than other things or thannormal
-example: Her hip bones jutted out.
9. flounder (v.)
-(1)to experience difficulties and be likely to fail
-(2)to feel confused and not know what to say or do next
-(3)to move with great difficulty and in an uncontrolled way
-example: The country's economy is floundering and the future is uncertain.
10. crawl (v.)
-to move along the ground on your hands and knees or with your body close to theground
-example: She crawled across the floor, her eyes stinging from the smoke.
11. meticulous (adj.)
-very careful about doing something in an extremely accurate and exact way
-example: He described the scene in meticulous detail.
12. ordeal (n.)
-(1)a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control <ordeal by fire>
-(2)a severe trial or experience
-example: That sounds like an ordeal.
13. monstrous (adj.)
-cruel, unfair, or morally wrong
-example: I find what you say monstrous.
14. grotesque (adj.)
-(1)extremely ugly and strange
-(2)unreasonable, or offensive
-example: He called the original broadcast a grotesque distortion.
15. skewer (n.)
-a long thin piece of metal or wood that you stick through food to hold it while itcooks
-example: Please give me a skewer.
16. ignominy (n.)
-a situation where you feel embarrassed and lose other people's respect
-example: Spurs suffered the ignominy of a three-nil defeat.
17. exploit (v.)
-(1)to treat someone unfairly in order to get some benefit for yourself
-(2)to use a situation so that you get benefit from it, even if it is wrong or unfair to dothis
-(3)to use natural resources such as trees, water, or oil so that you gain as much as possible
-example: Children are being exploited in many of these factories.
18. spiral (n.)
-a shape that looks like a set of circles inside each other, made by one line curvinginside itself
-example: I drew a spiral on the paper.
19. chieftain (n.)
-the leader of a tribe (=a group of families or communities that are related to eachother)
-example: William is a responsible chieftain.
20. nostalgic (adj.)
-(1)remembering happy times in the past
-(2)making someone remember happy times in the past
-example: A lot of adults feel nostalgic about their childhood.
21. climactic (adj.)
-a climactic event, moment etc is the most exciting or important one in a series
-example: That is a climactic moment at that time.
22. supplicate (v.)
-to make a humble entreaty; especially : to pray to God
-example: The minister reminded his flock that God is a being to be obeyed and worshipped always and not just someone to besupplicated in times of trouble.
23. slay (v.)
-(1)LITERARY to kill someone in a violent way
-(2)INFORMAL to impress someone, especially by making them laugh
-example: His jokes really slay me.
24. poignant (adj.)
-giving you feelings of sadness
-example: The roadside crosses are a poignant reminder of fatal accidents.
25. integrate (v.)
- to make someone become a full member of agroup or society and be involved completely in its activities
-example: How would such culturally different people be integrated into our society?
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