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fortress
n. | 
a large,
strongly made building for defense: stronghold. | 
| 2 | 
exile
v. | 
force
somebody to leave his own country. | 
| 3 | 
vicinity
n. | 
nearness: neighbourhood. 
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| 4 | 
wilful adj. 
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done on purpose. 
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| 5 | 
treachery n. 
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an act of perfidy
or treason. 
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| 6 | 
scriptures n. 
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the sacred books of
a religion. 
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| 7 | 
rejecting n. 
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refusing to accept. 
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| 8 | 
manifestly
adv. | 
in a clear manner. 
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| 9 | 
provoke v. 
 | 
make angry. 
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| 10 | 
surrender n. 
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the act of yielding
or giving up. 
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| 11 | 
insolent adj. 
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insulting, offensive.
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| 12 | 
pleading
n. | 
declaration. 
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| 13 | 
incessant
adj. | 
continual: often repeated. 
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| 14 | 
impeachable
adj. | 
undoubted. 
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| 15 | 
transcendence
n. | 
the state
of being beyond ordinary limits. | 
| 16 | 
perennial
adj. | 
lasting or continuing
for a long time. 
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| 17 | 
vengeance
n. | 
the act
of punishing a person for the harm. | 
| 18 | 
mail n.
    | 
body armour
made of small metal rings. | 
| 19 | 
dent n.
    | 
place
pushed in without breaking the surface. | 
| 20 | 
encamp v. 
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settle in a camp:
lodge in tents.
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| 21 | 
disaster
n. | 
great
or sudden misfortune: terrible accident. | 
| 22 | 
dejected
adj. | 
 in low spirits:
depressed. 
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| 23 | 
frustrated
adj. | 
baffled, defeated. 
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| 24 | 
steadfast
adj. | 
firm: loyal. 
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| 25 | 
adjure
v. | 
ask earnestly or solemnly. 
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| 26 | 
abandon
v. | 
go away
from, not intending to return to. | 
| 27 | 
battalion
n. | 
army unit
made up of several companies. | 
| 28 | 
archer
n. | 
person
who shoots with a bow and arrows. | 
| 29 | 
cavalry
n. | 
soldiers who fight
on horseback. 
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| 30 | 
fiercely
adv. | 
violently. 
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| 31 | 
launch
v. | 
send; set. 
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| 32 | 
javelin n. 
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light spear for throwing. 
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| 33 | 
bearer n. 
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a person who carries. 
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| 34 | 
gash v. 
 | 
make a long, deep
cut in. 
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| 35 | 
valiant
adj. | 
brave. 
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| 36 | 
 revenge
n. | 
the act of revenging:
vengeance. 
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| 37 | 
withdraw
v. | 
move back; retreat. 
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| 38 | 
assemble
v. | 
gather together. 
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| 39 | 
slay v.
    | 
kill with violence,
murder. (slain past p). 
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| 40 | 
mutilate
v. | 
cut off a part of
the body. 
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| 41 | 
grieved
adj. | 
extremely sad. 
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| 42 | 
furious
adj. | 
violent; full of anger. 
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| 43 | 
rabbi n. 
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teacher of the Jewish
law. 
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| 44 | 
idolater
n. | 
person who worships
idols. 
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| 45 | 
alms n.
    | 
money,
clothes, food, etc. given to the poor. | 
| 46 | 
funeral n. 
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the ceremony of burying
a dead person. 
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| 47 | 
pursuit
n. | 
the act of chasing
someone in order
to catch him. 
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| 48 | 
majority
n. | 
greater number; more
than half. 
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| 49 | 
affirmation
n. | 
confirming that something
is true. 
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| 50 | 
cessation
n. | 
stopping. | 
| 51 | 
convert
n. | 
person
who changes into a different religion. | 
| 52 | 
prick
v. | 
pierce with a sharp
point. 
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| 53 | 
thorn n.
    | 
sharp-pointed growth
on the stem of a plant.
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