Genocide 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 4 Genocide 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 4 /ˈdʒen.ə.saɪd/ (noun) murder or killing of the entire ethnic group, slaughter, bloodshed, carnage, mass homicide, mass murder, massacre, annihilation, extermination, eradication, elimination, liquidation, bloodletting, butchery, ethnic cleansing, decimation Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazi regime and their …
Internecine 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2 Internecine 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2 /ˌɪn.təˈniː.saɪn/ (adj) relating to conflicts within a group, internal conflict, destructive to both sides in a conflict, war or fighting happening between the members of the same group, civil war, domestic war, mutually destructive, devastating, deadly, injurious …
Capitulate 1100 Words You Need Week 38 Day 3 Capitulate 1100 Words You Need Week 38 Day 3 /kəˈpɪt.jʊ.leɪt/ (verb) to accept military defeat, surrender, cease to resist an opponent, give in, yield, concede defeat, raise the white flag, accept to do something against your own will, accept something unwillingly, acquiesce, compromise, submit, give up …
A Horseman in the Sky A Horseman in the Sky by Ambrose Bierce Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ I One sunny afternoon in the autumn of the year 1861 a soldier lay in a clump of laurel by the side of a road in western Virginia. He lay at full length upon his …
The Fly by Katherine Mansfield The Fly by Katherine Mansfield Available in the public domain through Gutenberg Project ‘Y’are very snug in here,’ piped old Mr. Woodifield, and peered out of the great, green-leather armchair by his friend the boss’s desk as a baby peers out of its pram. His talk was over; it was …
Legion 1100 Words You Need Legion 1100 Words You Need /ˈliː.dʒən/ (adj & noun) Noun: a large number of people, soldiers, etc., troops, a large body of soldiers, multitude, host, team, crowd, mass, group, throng, band, gang Adjective: very many, manifold, plentiful, abundant, abounding, copious The Pro football Hall of Fame, located in Canton, brings …
Tilt at Windmills 1100 Words Tilt at Windmills 1100 Words Attack imaginary enemies, with allusion to the story of Don Quixote, tilting at windmills, believing they were giants, to waste time and energy attacking an unreal or imaginary enemy: The vice president told the committee, “We are really on your side, and if you fight …