1. armor
Definition: defensive covering for the body; especially : covering
Example: The officers are required to wear bulletproof body armor.
2. torment
Definition: the infliction of torture (as by rack or wheel)
Example: No one could understand his inner torment.
3. enthrone
Definition: to seat in a place associated with a position of authority or influence
Example: the literary world has enthroned Shakespeare for so long that his preeminence among writers seems unassailable
4. conspire
Definition: to join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act or an act which becomes unlawful as a result of the secret agreement
Example: conspired to replace the leader with someone more easily influenced
5. impure
Definition: not pure
Example: be careful, because impure motor oil can damage your car's engine
6. libation
Definition: an act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice (as to a deity)
Example: They offered libations at the temple.
7. transfix
Definition: to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon
Example: transfixed the inanimate butterfly specimens to the collection board
8. crossfire
Definition: firing (as in combat) from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross
Example: viewers tune in to witness the weekly cross fire between the liberal and conservative commentators
9. plunder
Definition: to take the goods of by force
Example: The village was plundered by the invading army.
10. plague
Definition: a disastrous evil or affliction
Example: There has been a plague of bank robberies in the area.
11. groundwork
Definition: preparation made beforehand
Example: They had collectively laid the groundwork for a new kind of art.
12. contemporary
Definition: happening, existing, living, or coming into being during the same period of time
Example: A magazine devoted to contemporary fashions.
13. accumulate
Definition: to gather or pile up especially little by little
Example: Evidence of his guilt is accumulating.
14. manifestation
Definition: a public demonstration of power and purpose
Example: A portrait of a mother and child that is regarded as the very manifestation of maternal love.
15. sophisticated
Definition: highly complicated or developed : complex
Example: She was a sophisticated and well-traveled woman.
16. spectacular
Definition: of, relating to, or being a spectacle: striking, sensational
Example: The autumn foliage was spectacular.
17. peninsula
Definition: a portion of land nearly surrounded by water and connected with a larger body by an isthmus
Example: They built their house on a narrow peninsula.
18. cynicism
Definition: capitalized : the doctrine of the Cynics
Example: Nothing could change her cynicism about politics.
19. fulfillment
Definition: the act or process of delivering a product (as a publication) to a customer
Example: He saw the entire project through, from initial idea to final fulfillment.
20. ferocious
Definition: exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
Example: A ferocious wind swept the beach.
21. warfare
Definition: struggle between competing entities : conflict
Example: That troubled household seems to be almost constantly in a state of warfare.
22. internecine
Definition: of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group
Example: A political party that has suffered because of bitterinternecine rivalries.
23. proclaim
Definition: to declare publicly, typically insistently, proudly, or defiantly and in either speech or writing : announce
Example: She proclaimed that she will run for governor.
24. preach
Definition: to deliver a sermon
Example: Have you ever heard that minister preach?
25. collision
Definition: an encounter between particles (as atoms or molecules) resulting in exchange or transformation of energy
Example: The car was destroyed in the collision.