| ambush |
a surprise attack made from a hidden place. |
| animate |
to bring to life. |
| dislodge |
to remove or force out of a fixed position. |
| divulge |
to disclose (usually something confidential or secret). |
| dormant |
asleep, or in a state of rest that is similar to sleep. |
| dynamics |
(used with a plural verb) the driving forces at work in any given system or situation. |
| emigrate |
to leave one country or region in order to settle in another. |
| glutton |
someone who eats an excessive amount, or one who both eats and drinks excessively. |
| innovative |
new and inventive. |
| intact |
staying complete, whole, or without damage; not changed or harmed. |
| miserly |
stingy or penurious. |
| peninsula |
a piece of land surrounded on nearly all sides by water. It is connected to a larger body of land by a usually narrow strip of land. |
| procurement |
the act or process of obtaining something with deliberate effort or care. |
| rogue |
a person who is dishonest or mean. |
| whet |
to sharpen the cutting edge of (a knife or tool); hone. |