Mughal Vocab Flashcards
Descendant
One originating or coming from an ancestral source
Covet
To desire (what belongs to another) inordinately or culpably
Steppe
One of the vast, usually level and treeless tracts in southeastern Europe or Asia
Detectable
Able to be discovered or noticed
Gradient
Rate of sloping ascent or descent: inclination
Oasis
Something that provides refuge, relief or pleasant contrast
Quadrant
Any of the four quarters into which something is divided by two real or imaginary lines that intersect each other at right angles
Daunt
To lessen the courage of, cow, subdue
Destine
To designate, assign, or dedicate in advance
Fortress
A place strengthened and secured for defensive purposes, stronghold
Legendary
Well known, famous
Plunder
Goods and other items taken by force, loot, spoil
Complement
The quantity, number, or assortment required to make a thing complete
Laborious
Involving or characterized by hard or toilsome effort
Resilience
The capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape
Rivet
A headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces
Adjacent
Not distant, nearby
Breach
To make a gap or rupture in
Demoralize
To weaken the morale of, discourage, dispirit
Don
To put on (an article of clothing)
Garrison
A military post, especially a permanent military installation
Matchlock
A type of musket requiring a slow burning match to ignite it’s charge
Saffron
A moderate orange to orange yellow color
Arid
Excessively dry
Folly
An act characterized by lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight
Grandee
A man of elevated rank or station
Gild
To overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold
Parched
Deprived of natural moisture
Reservoir
An artificial lake where water is collected and kept in quantity for use
Tolerance
Sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one’s own
Bauble
A thing of little value, trinket, trifle
Consolidate
To make firm or secure, strengthen
Exquisite
Marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution
Frivolous
Of little weight or importance
Lapis lazuli
A semiprecious stone that is usually rich blue
Mystic
Having magical properties
Precedent
Something done or said that may serve as an example or rule to authorize or justify a subsequent similar act
Alteration
A change that does not destroy or completely transform the original, modification
Marvel
Someone or something that causes wonder or astonishment
Mausoleum
A large tomb, especially a usually stone building with places for entombment of the dead above ground
Minaret
A tall, slender tower of a mosque having one or more balconies from which the summons to prayer is cried
Podium
A raised platform (as in a hall or large room), dais
Prohibit
To forbid by authority
Solace
A source of relief or consolation
Caravan
A company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions
Guerrilla war
Irregular warfare especially as undertaken by independent units carrying out harassment and sabotage
Subdue
To conquer and bring into subjection, vanquish
Synonymous
Having the same connotations, implications, or reference
Devastate
To bring to ruin or desolation by violent action
Immortalize
To guard from death or oblivion, to give unending life
Inherent
Involved in the constitution or essential character of something, belonging by nature or habit
Insurrection
An act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
Supremacy
The quality or state of being highest in rank or authority
