| artifact |
any object made by human beings, especially one of an earlier era. |
| assertive |
forward or aggressive in speech or action. |
| casualty |
a person in the armed forces who is killed, wounded, or missing in action. |
| chaff |
the husks separated from grain by threshing. |
| clammy |
unpleasantly moist, cool, and sticky. |
| deliberately |
intentionally or with premeditation. |
| endure |
to bear up under or function in spite of. |
| genre |
a category of artistic work marked by a particular specified form, technique, or content. |
| insurgent |
one who uses armed force to rebel against one's own government. |
| knoll |
a small rounded rise of land; hill. |
| motive |
an idea, need, desire, or impulse that causes a person to act in a particular way or do a particular thing; reason. |
| optimism |
the belief that things will turn out well or that there is always hope for something good to happen. |
| rejection |
the act of refusing to accept, take, or believe. |
| thereafter |
following that; from then on. |
| whim |
a sudden desire, thought, or change of mind. |