Vocabulary

• cut down: To reduce your use of something
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• in pursuit: Following or chasing someone or something, typically to catch them.
• spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
• in the hands of: Under the control or responsibility of someone.
• in all but name: Effectively true though not officially recognized as such.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• spot: A certain place or area
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• enthusiastic: Excited and interested in something
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• medieval: Old or out of date and not of much use
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
• hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• throne: Special elaborate chair on which king/queen sits
• shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• mighty: Having great strength or great size
• ferocious: Very fierce or intense
• armor: Defensive (e.g. metal) covering for bodies, things
• squad: A sports team
• sword: A long metal weapon with a sharp point and edge
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• slope: Angle of a decline, e.g. where a road dips down
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• ridge: Edge where two leaning surfaces meet
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• forest: Large area with many trees
• famous: Excellent
• erect: Standing straight up
• long: Person's name
• surely: With certainty; definitely
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• bloody: Covered or spotted with blood on the surface
• close: Almost; near
• wane: To become smaller, weaker or less
• knight: Chess piece in the shape of a horse's head
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• tapestry: Ornamental woven cloths made into a picture/scene
• spear: Long hunting stick with a sharp point
• hillside: Side or slope of a hill
• attrition: Reduction in size, numbers, or strength over time