Art of War

Question 0

Regiment (n)

Answer 0

An army unit.

Question 1

Battalion (n)

Answer 1

1. An army unit

2. A large, infinite number. (A battalion of ants)

Question 2

Regiment (v)

Answer 2

1. Subject to rigid discipline, order, and systemization. (regiment one’s children)
2. Assign to a regiment (to regiment soldiers)

Question 3

Peril (n)

Answer 3

1. A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune • drinking alcohol is a health peril
   = endangerment, hazard, jeopardy, risk
2. A state of danger involving risk
   = riskiness
3. A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury • he saw the rewards but not the perils of crime
   = danger, risk

Question 4

Peril (v)

Answer 4

1. Pose a threat to; present a danger to
   = endanger, imperil, jeopardize, menace, threaten
2. Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
   = endanger, expose, queer, scupper

Question 5

Levy (n)

Answer 5

1. A charge imposed and collected
~	charge
2. The act of drafting into military service
=	levy en masse
~	conscription, draft, muster

Question 6

Levy (v)

Answer 6

1. Charge a fee or tax • levy a fine
=	impose
2. Cause to assemble or enlist in the military • levy new soldiers
=	raise, recruit
3. [Archaic] Wage war

Question 7

Exchequer (n)

Answer 7

The funds of a government, institution or individual

= treasury

Question 8

Beggar (v)

Answer 8

1. Be beyond the resources of • This beggars description!
~	defy, refuse, resist
2. Reduce to beggary
=	pauperize
~	impoverish

Question 9

Militant (adj)

Answer 9

1. Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies • militant nations
   =warlike, hawkish
2. Showing a fighting disposition, is usually in a warlike mood • militant in fighting for better wages in workers
   =competitive
3. Engaged in war • militant nations

Question 10

Militant (n)

Answer 10

A militant reformer

=activist

Question 11

Zealot (n)

Answer 11

A fervent and even militant proponent of something

=drumbeater, partisan

Question 12

Fervent (adj)

Answer 12

1. Characterized by intense emotion • a fervent desire to change society
   =fiery, impassioned
2. Extremely hot • the fervent heat
   =fervid

Question 13

Vicinity (n)

Answer 13

A particular area; the surrounding or nearby region • the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville

Question 14

Asphyxiate (v)

Answer 14

1. Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
   =smother, suffocate
2. Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of • the foul air was slowly asphyxiating the children
3. Die from lack of oxygen • The child asphyxiated under the pillow

Question 15

Spasmodic (adj)

Answer 15

1. Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions, resembling a spasm • his body made a spasmodic jerk
2. Occurring in spells/short periods of time and often abruptly • spasmodic riffle fire
   = fitful

Question 16

Adroit (adj)

Answer 16

Quick or skillful or adept in action and thought • an adroit negotiator

Question 17

Forage (v)

Answer 17

1. Collect or look around for (food)
   =scrounge
2. Wander and feed • the animals forage in the woods

Question 18

Muster (v)

Answer 18

1, Gather or bring together; to come up • muster the courage to do something
2, call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc

Question 19

Chide (v)

Answer 19

Lecture severely or angrily • the deputy chided the Prime Minister

Question 20

Eschew (v)

Answer 20

To shun; to avoid and stay away from deliberately • eschew fattening foods if you want to lose weight

Question 21

Manoeuvre (n)

Answer 21

1. (military) a military training exercise
2. a tactic
3. a deliberate, coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill • he made a great manoeuvre
4. an evasive action

Question 22

Marshal (v)

Answer 22

1. place in proper rank • marshal the troops
2. arrange in logical order • marshal facts or arguments
3. mobilize, summon