| Term | Definition |
|---|
| precarious | not secure |
| devastate | overwhelm or overpower |
| vulnerable | susceptible to physical or emotional injury |
| besieged | surrounded by hostile forces |
| wreaking | to inflict (as vengeance or punishment); to express (as anger or hatred) |
| perseverance | the act of persisting or persevering |
| autonomy | immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence |
| wane | a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) |
| inclement | used of persons or behavior |
| latitude | freedom from normal restraints in conduct |
| balmy | mild and pleasant |
| facsimile | duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio |
| vigilant | carefully observant or attentive |
| commenced | started |
| archaic | little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type |
| invincible | incapable of being overcome or subdued |
| beguiled | filled with wonder and delight |
| appeased | pacify, allayed, alliviated, eased |
| pretext | an artful or simulated semblance |
| espionage | the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets |
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