| Term | Definition |
| Descending | Present Part. of descend - verb, 1) to go down, 2) be descended from, to have as your ancestor; noun, descendant, descent. |
| Nestled | Past Tense of: nestle - verb, (nestled; nestling) 1) huddle, 2) snuggle. |
| Curved | Past Tense of: Curve - verb, (Curved; curving) 1) to arch, 2) to bend smoothly. |
| Fog | noun, damp, thick, cloudy air; adjective, foggy. |
| Shipments | noun, supplies which arrive by ship. |
| Practically | adverb, 1) almost 2) in a practical way. |
| Severe | Adjective, 1) very strict, 2) very bad. |
| Smuggled | Past Tense of Smuggle - verb, (smuggled; smuggling) to bring something into a place or Country secretly and illegaly; noun, smuggler. |
| Infantry | noun, soldiers trained to fight on foot; noun, infantryman. |
| Newest | Superlative: new - adjective, (new; newer; newest) 1) not old; just bought, made, received. 2) different; unfamiliar; noun, newness; adverb, newly. |
| Assure | verb, (assured; assuring) 1) to tell somebody something possitively; to promise. 2) to make yourself feel certain or confident. |
| Sheer | adjective, 1) no more or less than, complete sheer nonsense, sheer luck. 2) perpendicular; vertical. |
| Bounty | noun, reward, treasure. |
| Defeats | Plural of defeat - noun, a lost game or battle. verb, to beat someone in a game or battle. |
| Uncontested | adjective, unchallenged; undisputed. |
| Decimate | verb, (decimated; decimating) to destroy completely. |
| Peninsula | noun, a long piece of land that is almost surrounded by water. |
| Critical | adjective, 1) important; vital. 2) Finding Fault; adverb, critically. |
| Jointly | Adverb, joint - adjective, together. |
| Scraped | Past Tense of Scrape - verb (scraped; scraping) 1) to cut; graze. 2) to rub with something rough, or sharp. 3) to move along or get past, almost touching. noun, a cut or graze. |