lang unit 2 vocab new ones

to capture

to catch a person and keep them as a prisoner

to execute

to kill someone, especially legally as a punishment

harrowing

very frightening or shocking and making you feel very upset

to overcome

to successfully control a feeling or problem that prevents you from achieving something

ration

a relationship between two amounts, represented by a pair of numbers showing how much bigger one amount is than the other

scant

not enough

to soldier on

to continue working in spite of difficulties

to survive

to continue to live after an accident, war, or illness

toll

the number of people killed or injured in a particular accident, by a particular illness etc

to expand

to become larger in size, number, or amount, or to make something become larger

fateful

having an important, especially bad, effect on future events

to honour

something that makes you feel very proud

infamy (expression: a day that will live in infamy)

the state of being evil or well known for evil things

out of the blue

if something happens out of the blue, it is very unexpected

to perish

to die, especially in a terrible or sudden way

to shatter

to break suddenly into very small pieces, or to make something break in this way

to spur

to encourage someone or make them want to do something

vessel

a ship or large boat

barbed wire

wire with short sharp points on it

to bring down

to reduce something to a lower level

dystopian

an imaginary place where life is extremely difficult and a lot of unfair or immoral things happen **OPP utopia**

to flock

if people flock to a place, they go there in large numbers because something interesting or exciting is happening there

intangible

an intangible quality or feeling is difficult to describe exactly

memorial

something, especially a stone with writing on it, that reminds people of someone who has died

to monitor

to carefully watch and check a situation in order to see how it changes over a period of time

rift

a situation in which two people or groups have had a serious disagreement and begun to dislike and not trust each other **SYN split**

to seek (past: sought, sought)

to try to achieve or get something