English Vocab Words Ch. 11

Front 1

v
1. to reduce in quantity or intensity; to subside; to diminish

Back 1

abate

Front 2

n
1. a beating or pounding, esp an unlawful beating as in assault and battery
2. guns or heavy artillery
3. a group of similar things used together

Back 2

battery

Front 3

n
1. a defense wall with alternating high and low sections (often used in plural form)

Back 3

battlement

Front 4

adj
1. warlike; eager to fight

Back 4

bellicose

Front 5

n
1. a country or persons engaged in warfare or hostile action
adj
1. behaving in a hostile or aggressive manner; engaged in combat

Back 5

belligerent

Front 6

n
1. unrestricted power to act at one's discretion: unconditional permission or authority

Back 6

carte blanche

Front 7

n
1. an org of firms in the same industry for regulating production, pricing, and marketing of goods and decreasing competition by members
2. a coalition of political or special-interest groups to achieve a common cause; a bloc

Back 7

cartel

Front 8

n
1. a maker of maps and charts

Back 8

cartographer

Front 9

v
1. to intimidate; to discourage or dishearten

Back 9

daunt

Front 10

n
1. a person's strong point; the thing in which a person excels
adj
1. in music, loudly; forcefully

Back 10

forte

Front 11

n
1. courage in enduring pain or trouble

Back 11

fortitude

Front 12

v
1. to oppose or attack as false; to seek to discredit

Back 12

impugn

Front 13

adj
1. unconquerable

Back 13

indomitable

Front 14

n
1. a fistfighter, esp a pro boxer

Back 14

pugilist

Front 15

adj
1. quarrelsome; eager for a fight

Back 15

pugnacious