Glass Sword Vocabulary Chp. 1-9

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inexorably
not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped
betrothed
engaged to be married
conscription
compulsory enrollment of persons especially for military services
tactician
one versed in tactics
brazen
sounding harsh and loud like struck brass
lieutenants
an official empowered to act for a higher offical
careens
to cause to heel over
shrapnel
bomb, mine, or shell fragments
pneumatically
moved or worked by air pressure
indecipherable
incapable of being deciphered
jibeto utter taunting wordssynchronizingto represent or arrange (events) to indicate coincidence or coexistencebrethrenused chiefly in formal or solemn address or in referring to the members of a profession, society, or religious denominationexasperatedhaving or showing strong feelings of irritation or annoyancestoicnot affected by or showing passion or feelingviciousdangerously aggressive; savagechagrindistress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failuredecipherto make out the meaning of despite indistinctness or obscuritypersonathe personality that a person (such as an actor or politician) projects in publicvisceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the bodyincapacitateddeprived of capacity or natural power; made incapable of or unfit for normal functioningfacadea false, superficial, or artificial appearance or effectgloatto observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delightsauntersto walk about in an idle or leisurely mannerdisparagingmeant to belittle the value or importance of someone or somethingconnivingto cooperate secretly or have a secret understandingtrovea valuable collectioninfinitesimallyimmeasurably or incalculably small