Vocabulary

• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• hide away: To go to a quiet place where nobody will find you, in order to avoid something.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• jump out: To suddenly appear or move forward, often to surprise someone.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
• dig into: To start eating food enthusiastically.
• fight back: To make your point more strongly against opponent
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• puzzle over: To think carefully and with difficulty about something puzzling.
• by all accounts: According to what everyone says; reportedly
• cry out: To shout or scream loudly, often due to pain, fear, or surprise.
• in a series: Arranged or happening one after another.
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• in the interim: During the intervening period of time.
• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• wall in: To surround something tightly with walls or barriers.
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• prophecy: Statement that something will happen in the future
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
• spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
• leave: To go away from; depart
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• grim: Being very serious or determined
• enlightenment: State of having a lot of knowledge and wisdom
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• pessimistic: Having negative feelings about the future
• anguish: Great suffering caused by pain, worry, unhappiness
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• throne: Special elaborate chair on which king/queen sits
• scar: Long lasting emotional pain from a bad experience
• secular: Not connected or controlled by religious beliefs
• chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• brutality: Extremely mean or violent act or treatment
• monarch: A king or queen
• exile: State of being forced to leave your country
• assure: To confirm; state with certainty something is so
• pioneer: Person exploring a new place or field of endeavor
• deaf: Not able to hear; hard of hearing
• elbow: Middle part of the arm, which bends
• startling: So remarkably different or sudden as to shock
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• anatomical: Concerning the structure of human body, etc.
• royal: Excellent or grand; suitable for a king or queen
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• brute: Man who is extremely violent or mean
• sum: Amount when all is added together; total
• paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
• arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• dark: Of a color that is not light
• website: Collection of webpages in one location
• superstitious: Believing certain things are lucky/unlucky
• history: Established pattern or record
• frighten: To make someone afraid or nervous
• call: A order or request for action
• devouring: To eat quickly and hungrily
• depiction: Picture or a written description of something
• war: Situation where armies fight each other
• greek: Concerning the culture and people of Greece
• munch: Sound made when eating something quickly or loudly
• tapestry: Ornamental woven cloths made into a picture/scene
• read: Person's name
• beauty: Something attractive that produces great pleasure
• facet: A part of something; aspect
• shocking: To affect someone with an electrical current
• designer: Someone who creates plans to make something
• titan: Person gigantic or great in size or power