Vocabulary

• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• elaborate: To explain something in detail
• intimate: (E.g. of detail) fine, detailed or complete
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• narrative: The telling of a story
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• magnificent: Splendid; brilliant; extremely good
• ominous: Indicating something bad or unpleasant will happen
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• bare: Lacking contents; empty
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• ceremony: Special social or religious event
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• great: Very good; better than before
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• palace: Official home of a ruler, such as a king or queen
• alliance: Group of people/organizations working together
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• ideal: Exactly right; could not be better
• battle: Military fight between armies
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• absent: Not present at a usual or expected place
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• marriage: Relationship between a husband and a wife
• burn: To destroy with fire
• possibility: Something with a chance of happening or being true
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• crown: To put a crown on to make someone a king/queen
• flagship: Chief one of a related group
• mud: Soft, wet dirt
• battlefield: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• tapestry: Ornamental woven cloths made into a picture/scene
• flank: Middle area on the side of an animal
• abbey: Religious building in a Christian community
• duke: Title given to a man below the rank of prince
• kite: Toy flown in the wind on a long string
• mast: Tall upright post supporting the sails of a boat
• horseback: On horseback riding on the back of a horse