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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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ancient | adj: relating to the long ago, particularly the historical period preceding the fall of the Western Roman Empire; very old | |
conquer | v: to bring under control by force or authority | |
rival | n: a person, company, or thing competing with others for the same thing or in the same area | |
reign | n: the period of time during which a monarch or government holds power; (verb) to be the king or queen | |
lawbreaker | n: a person who breaks the law, especially habitually or deliberately | |
concept | n: an idea or principle associated with something abstract | |
unheard-of | adj: extraordinary or unprecedented, and therefore surprising or shocking | |
novelty | n: the quality of being new, attractive, and unusual | |
govern | v: to legally control and direct a country, city, group of people, etc. and be responsible for introducing new laws, organizing and maintaining public services | |
whim | n: a sudden idea or desire, especially one that cannot be reasonably explained | |
despot | n: a ruler with absolute power, especially one who abuses that power. | |
cruel | adj: feeling or showing pleasure in causing pain or suffering to others | |
prescribe | v: (of a doctor) to advise and order the use of particular medicine or treatment for someone, especially in writing; to issue commands or orders for something | |
penalty | n: a punishment for violating a law, rule, or contract | |
infraction | n: a violation of a law or rule, especially a minor one | |
tavern | n: a public place where alcoholic drinks are served | |
harbor | n: an area of water next to the coast where ships and boats are protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures; (verb) keep in one’s possession | |
slave | n: a person who is, either legally or illegally, owned by someone; a person entirely dominated by some influence or a person | |
crude | adj: being in an unrefined or natural state; (noun) the unprocessed form of oil | |
superstition | n: a belief or practice that is not based on science or reason and that is often connected with a religion | |
dispute | n: a disagreement, argument, or controversy between two people, groups, or countries, especially a formal one | |
accuse | v: to charge or criticize someone with a crime or wrongdoing | |
guilty | adj: feeling responsible for or having done something wrong or criminal | |
drown | v: to die or cause to die by being unable to breathe underwater | |
innocent | adj: not guilty of a crime, offense, etc.; not having an evil mind or knowledge | |
unhurt | adj: not injured or harmed | |
scribe | n: a person who writes out copies of documents or manuscripts, especially in ancient times | |
inscription | n: a message or design that is written or engraved on a surface of something, such as stone or metal | |
alter | v: to cause to change or make different | |
uphold | v: to support or defend something, such as a law, idea, decision, etc. | |
impulse | n: a sudden strong and unreflective wish or need to do something; the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber | |
arbitrary | adj: based on chance, or individual whim rather than any reason | |
revolutionary | adj: relating to or characterized by a complete or dramatic change | |
fundamental | adj: forming an essential base or core from which everything else develops or is affected | |
hallmark | n: a distinctive characteristic or attribute of a person or thing | |
addition | n: the act or process of adding something to something else; the process of adding numbers | |
unearth | v: to discover or bring to light something that is in the ground or was previously hidden or unknown | |
archaeology | n: the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures | |
inscribe | v: to write or carve something on a surface, especially as a formal or permanent record | |
cuneiform | adj: of or relating to a form of writing consisting of pressing a reed stylus into clay to create wedge-shaped marks used in ancient Mesopotamia | |
scholar | n: professor; a person who studies a topic in considerable depth, particularly in a university | |
decode | v: to convert something, such as a message or piece of information, from a specific form into one that you can understand |