Vocabulary

• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• due to: Because of; owing to
• hunt down: To search for someone or something until you find them, often after a long time or over a large area.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
• dread: To await with great fear
• interfere: To get involved in something not your business
• conquer: To take possession of (land, city) with an army
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• peculiar: Not usual or normal; strange
• persistent: Continuing to do something despite challenges
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• realm: Area ruled by a king or queen
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• deem: To judge something to be a certain thing, way
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• tournament: Sports contest with many games to find a winner
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• fascination: Quality that attracts attention
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• vow: Very serious promise
• exile: State of being forced to leave your country
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• land: Region or country
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• fury: Rage; violent anger
• great: Very good; better than before
• treacherous: Dangerously unstable and unpredictable
• mount: To attach something to something else
• massacre: Killing of a large number of people
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• reclaim: To get back something that was lost; recover
• wield: To exercise (authority or influence, for example)
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• clan: Group of related families or people