| A | B |
|---|
| neutral | not helping either side in a conflict |
| invincible | too powerful to be defeated |
| immortal | living forever/ never dying |
| veterinarian | person qualified to care for sick or injured animals |
| veteran (military) | person who has served in the military |
| armistice | peace/ truce |
| cease | to stop/ halt |
| truce | armistice/ ceasefire |
| veteran (non-military) | person with long experience |
| befriend | to look after/ keep an eye on/ protect |
| sacrifice | giving up something for someone else/ an offering |
| shrine | place regarded as holy/ church or temple |
| inscription | wording inscribed on a monument/ an engraving |
| casualty | someone injured or killed in battle or an accident |
| civilian | person not in the military or police force |
| vessel | ship or boat |
| posthumously | after death earns recognition or fame |
| anonymously | private/ unnamed |
| platoon | group of soldiers/ troop |
| hue | a color/ a shade |
| valor | bravery/ courage |
| brutality | savagely violent/ cruel |
| solemn | serious/ very formal |
| cavalry | soldiers on horseback or in armored vehicles today |
| infantry | soldiers trained to fight on foot |
| navy | soldiers trained to fight at sea |
| pilgrim | person who journeys to a sacred place |
| immoral | evil or wicked |
| civil | polite and courteous |
| feast | large meal usually in celebration of something |
| compact | set of rules for living |
| claim | to take ownership of something |
| tolerant | agree to get along with people that are different than you |
| obedience | compliance with an order or a law |
| colony | group of people living together in a new land |
| harsh | cruel or severe |
| grateful | thankful |
| convert | one who follows a new way of life |
| polygamy | having more than one wife or husband at a time |
| monogamy | being married to one person at a time |
| mutiny | refuse to obey the orders of the captain or person in authority |
| foe | enemy or opponent |
| execution | putting to death |
| salvation | saved from a punishment or death |
| inheritiance | something that is given or passed down as a gift usually by relatives |
| trinkets | beaded jewelry |
| ransom | the price demanded before a prisoner is set free |
| colony | new home set up by people who left their old country behind |
| captive | a prisoner |
| captor | a person who takes or holds prisoners |
