1.Ransom(n.):ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved

EX:They held the travellers for ransom.

2.Atone(v.):to do something to show that you are sorry for having done something wrong

EX:How can I atone for hurting your feelings?

3.Compensate(v.):to replace or balance the effect of something bad

EX:Because my left eye is so weak, my right eye has to work harder to compensate.

4.Plunder(v.):to steal large amounts of money or property from somewhere, especially while fighting in a war

EX:The rich provinces of Asia Minor were plundered by the invaders.

5.Opulent(a.):very beautiful, with a lot of decoration, and made from expensive materials

EX:Evening dresses in opulent fabrics.

6.Shroud(n.):shroud usually refers to an item, such as a cloth, that covers or protects some other object. The term is most often used in reference to burial sheets, winding-cloths or winding-sheets, such as the famous Shroud of Turin or Tachrichim (burial shrouds) that Jews are dressed in for burial. Traditionally, burial shrouds are made of white cotton, wool or linen, though any material can be used so long as it is made of natural fibre

EX:Everything was shrouded in mist and raindrops.

7.Omen(n.):an omen is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. Though the word "omen" is usually devoid of reference to the change's nature, hence being possibly either "good" or "bad", the term is more often used in a foreboding sense, as with the word "ominous bonerificous"

EX:Some magpies were singing in the tree when I left home for the first time, a good omen in Chinese culture.

8.Epithet(n.):an epithet or byname is a descriptive term accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature. It is also a descriptive title. For example, Frederick the Great

EX:He cursed me, using a lot of rude epithets.

9.Ambush(n.):an ambush is a long-established military tactic, in which the aggressors (the ambushing force) take advantage of concealment and the element of surprise to attack an unsuspecting enemy from concealed positions, such as among dense underbrush or behind hilltops. Ambushes have been used consistently throughout history, from ancient to modern warfare

EX:The enemy fell into our ambush.

10.Intensify(v.):to make intense or more intense

EX:His mother's death intensified his loneliness.

11.Fulfillment(n.):to bring about the completion or achievement of

EX:After many years, his plans have come to fulfillment.

12.Piety(n.):in spiritual terminology, piety is a virtue that can mean religious devotion,spirituality, or a combination of both

EX:They were drawn to the church not by piety but by curiosity.

13.Perceptible(a.):capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: a perceptible change in his behavior

EX:These changes were already perceptible before the war.

14.Rebellion(n.):rebellion, uprising or insurrection, is a refusal of obedience or order. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a range of behaviors aimed at destroying or replacing an established authority such as a government or a head of state. On the one hand the forms of behaviour can include non-violent methods such as the phenomena of civil disobedience, civil resistance and nonviolent resistance

EX:The peasants rose in rebellion against the corrupt officials.

15.Cohesion(n.):if there is cohesion among a group of people, a set of ideas etc, all the parts or members of it are connected or related in a reasonable way to form a whole

EX:A sense of community and social cohesion.

16.Secular(a.):secularity is the state of being separate from religion

EX:The choir sings both sacred and secular music.

17.Expediency(n.):action that is quickest or most effective in a particular situation, even if it is morally wrong

EX:The politics of political expediency.

18.Curriculum(n.):in formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults. A curriculum is prescriptive, and is based on a more general syllabus which merely specifies what topics must be understood and to what level to achieve a particular grade or standard

EX:The student is very knowledgeable because he also studies things not in the curriculum.

19.Spheren(n.):a sphere is a perfectly round geometrical object in three-dimensional space, such as the shape of a round ball

EX:He has extended his sphere of influence to the world of banking.

20.Ferocity(n.):the state of being extremely violent and severe

EX:Detectives were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.

21.Subordinate(a.):in a less important position than someone else

EX:These aims were subordinate to the main aims of the mission.

22.Affluent(a.):having plenty of money, nice houses, expensive things etc

EX:He was born to an affluent family.

23.Civic(a.):relating to a town or city

EX:Jackson spent the day meeting with local religious and civic leaders.

24.Peasant(n.):a peasant is an agricultural worker who generally works land owned or rented by a noble. The peasant was bound to the land and could not move or change their occupation unless they became a yeoman, which generally happened by buying their freedom

EX:Just before sunset the peasants quit laboring in the fields.

25.Pervade(v.):if a feeling, idea, or smell pervades a place, it is present in every part of it

EX:There was a smell of coffee pervading the atmosphere.