TOEFL Vocabulary- Lessons 17 and 18
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allegiance | loyalty |
| artillery | large guns that shoot powerful shells; army units that handle such guns |
| battle | to fight against |
| cease | stop |
| hierarchy | a system of levels that places people high or low according to their importance |
| in the trenches | in the middle of the hardest fighting or work |
| mobilize | to put members of a group into motion |
| rank | to put into a many-leveled order, depending on importance or achievement |
| ratio | the relationship of one number or amount to another |
| strategic | related to long-term plans for achieving a goal |
| annex | to make something (usually land) part of another unit |
| apex | the highest point |
| collapse | to fall down, usually because of weakness |
| conquest | a takeover by force or continued effort |
| devise | to find an original way to make an object or plan |
| invasive | aggressively entering into someone else's territory |
| prevailing | strongest or most common |
| resist | to refuse to give in to a strong force or desire |
| severely | harshly; extremely |
| violation | an action that breaks a law or agreement; mistreatment of something that deserves respect |
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