List 10 Flashcards
Scheme
A secret plot
Brutes
A brutal, insensitive, or crude person
Vengeance
Infliction or injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge
Drunkard
Person who is habitually or frequently drunk
Rebellious
Defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition
Ammunition
The material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and especially shot, shrapnel, bullets, shells fired by guns
Conspirators
People who plot an evil, unlawful, or treacherous plan formulated in secret
Assailant
A person who attacks
Gibbet
A gallows with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of criminals were formerly hung in chains and left suspended after execution
Mutinneers
People who stage a rebellion against any authorities, especially by sailors against their officers
Treachery
A violation of faith; betrayal of trust; treason
Besiegers
To crowd around; crowd in upon; surround
Haggard
Having an exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn out
Imprecations
To call a curse upon someone or something
Desperadoes
A bold, reckless criminal or outlaw
