| A | B |
|---|
| fusillade | a simultaneous or rapid & continuous discharge of many firearms |
| ammunition | bullets, gunpowder, bombs, grenades, rockets, etc... |
| swaggering | walking with a bold, arrogrant stride |
| enlistment | engagement of support in a cause; enrollment in a branch of the armed forces |
| epidemic | a disease that spreads rapidly among people in a community |
| cholera | a severe intestinal disease |
| ideals | noble goals or principles |
| pledge | a promise or agreement |
| unscrupulous | unprincipled |
| mortar | a mixture of cement or lime with sand and water, used to bind bricks or stones |
| forage | to take food from; raid |
| flogged | beaten with a stick or whip |
| heifer | a young cow that has not borne a calf |
| mutiny | a revolt against authority; esp. rebellion of soldiers or sailors |
| horizon | the line where the sky seems to meet the earth |
| brute | of or like an animal, savage |
| badgering | nagging, tormenting |
| endure | to tolerate, to bear pain |
