Chapter8

1.bloodshed

Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded.

2.fray

V-T/V-I If something such as cloth or rope frays, or if something frays it, its threads or fibres start to come apart from each other and spoil its appearance.

3.pothole

A pothole is a large hole in the surface of a road, caused by traffic and bad weather.

4.bludgeon

V-T To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.

5.strangle

V-T To strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.

6.vindictive

ADJ If you say that someone is vindictive, you are critical of them because they deliberately try to upset or cause trouble for someone who they think has done them harm.

7.menacing

ADJ If someone or something looks menacing, they give you a feeling that they are likely to cause you harm or put you in danger.

8.decipher

V-T If you decipher a piece of writing or a message, you work out what it says, even though it is very difficult to read or understand.

9.lopsided

ADJ Something that is lopsided is uneven because one side is lower or heavier than the other.

10.reverence

N-UNCOUNT Reverencefor someone or something is a feeling of great respect for them.

11.squabble

V-RECIP When people squabble, they quarrel about something that is not really important.

12.concoct

V-T If you concoct something, especially something unusual, you make it by mixing several things together.

13.reenact

V-T If you reenact a scene or incident, you repeat the actions that occurred in the scene or incident.