8th Grade ELA Lesson 11 Words

Battery (1)

A beating or pounding, especially an unlawful beating, as in assault and battery

Battery (2)

Heavy artillery; weapons or a group of similar things used together

Battlement

A defense wall with alternating high and low sections (often used in plural form)

Abate

To reduce in quantity or intensity; to subside; to diminish

Bellicose

Warlike; eager to fight

Belligerent

A country or person engaged in warfare or hostile action, or an adjective describing someone behaving in a hostile or aggressive manner; engaged in combat

Daunt

To intimidate; to discourage or dishearten

Indomitable

Unconquerable

Forte

A person’s strong point; the thing in which a person excels

Forte (in music)

Loudly; forcefully play music

Fortitude

Courage in enduring pain or trouble

Carte Blanche

Unrestricted power to act at one’s discretion; unconditional permission or authority

Cartel (1)

An organization of firms in the same industry for the purpose of regulating production, pricing, and marketing of goods decreasing competition by members

Cartel (2)

A coalition of political or special-interest groups to achieve a common cause; a bloc

Cartographer

A maker of maps or charts

Pugilist

A fist fighter, especially a professional boxer

Pugnacious

Quarrelsome; eager for a fight

Impugn

To oppose or attack as false; to seek to discredit