vocab

battuo, battuere, battui, battuum

battery

1. A beating or pounding, especially an unlawful beating, as in assault and battery.
2. Guns or heavy artillery.
3. A group of similar things used together.

battlement

A defense wall with alternating high and low sections

abate

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

bellum

bellicose

Warlike; eager to fight

belligerent

1. A country or persons engaged in warfare or hostile action.
2. Behaving in a hostile or aggressive manner; engaged in combat.

domo, domare, domui, domitum

daunt

To intimidate; to discourage or dishearten

indomitable

Unconquerable

fortis

forte

1. A person's strong point; the thing in which a person excels.
2. In music loudly; forcefully.

fortitude

Courage in enduring pain or trouble.

khartes

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 and decreasing competition by members.
2. A coalition of political or special-interest groups to achieve a common cause; a bloc

cartographer

A maker of maps or charts

pugno, pugnare, pugnavi, pugnatum

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.