Vocabulary

• set on: To attack
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• of the century: The most notable or important in a hundred-year period.
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• cultivate: To grow plants, crops etc.
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• medieval: Old or out of date and not of much use
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• dominance: Having more power, success than others
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• supposedly: As some people believe (shows you doubt it)
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• apparent: Easy to see or clearly understand
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
• briefly: Using little time or resources
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• enlightenment: State of having a lot of knowledge and wisdom
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• triumph: Joy from victory or success
• master: To gain control over something
• century: Period of 100 years
• avid: Very eager (fan, collector of something, etc.)
• piece: A counter in a board game
• ingenuity: Cleverness and originality
• immortal: Not subject to death; that will never die
• deep: Complex and important
• terminology: Specific words and expressions used in a field
• steadily: At a steady rate or pace; reliably; constantly
• benchmark: Standard by which other similar things are judged
• flair: Natural ability to do something well
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• tactical: Doing things to get the result you want; planned
• infantry: Group of soldiers who fight on foot
• soviet: Elected government council in a communist country
• conquest: Land or a nation won or taken by force, an army
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• cavalry: Soldiers trained to fight on horseback
• islamic: Concerning the culture and people of Islamic
• early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
• ad: Public notice or advertisement
• arab: Citizen of an Arabic speaking nation
• game: Activity with rules that people play to have fun
• persia: An empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the th century BC
• blue: Color of the clear sky
• sanskrit: (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes