Vocabulary

• stand back: To move away from something, usually to create space or avoid danger.
• under the yoke: Controlled oppressively or under difficult authority.
• in the ground: Located within or beneath the surface of the earth.
• have to: Must do
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
• appearance: The way a person looks to others
• possess: To enter a person's mind or body as a spirit
• seek: To ask someone for help
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• conspiracy: Plan made in secret to do something illegal
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• infamous: Famous because of something bad
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sharp: Person's name
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• confess: To admit that you did something wrong
• false: Not real or genuine
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• sword: A long metal weapon with a sharp point and edge
• brave: (Old-fashioned) A native American warrior
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• battle: Military fight between armies
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• evil: Act considered morally bad
• cross: Angry and upset
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• come: To arrive at a place
• add: To include as well
• butcher: Store selling meat; person who sells meats
• seed: A person's children; offspring
• carnage: Destruction and devastation involving human deaths
• file: Computer document
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• save: To make your computer keep a file
• die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
• western: Movies often about cowboys in the American West
• mercenary: (Of soldiers) hired to fight for another country
• pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
• gate: Place in a fence which can be opened or closed
• ferocity: Strength of an emotion or act; anger or cruelty
• yoke: To link together with or as if with a yoke
• steed: A fine horse, e.g. ridden by a knight
• bullion: Mass of precious metal
• horseman: Person skilled in riding horses