Book's Vocabulary
Monarch
A hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
Parliament
A meeting or assembly for conference on public or national affairs.
Accomplice
A person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing, often as a subordinate.
Ambitious
Having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal
Misdemeanor
Law . a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
Intrigue
To arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate
Incarceration
The act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure
Decipher
To make out the meaning of
Devise
To contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas
Conspirator
A person who takes part in a conspiracy; plotter
Portrait
A likeness of a person, especially of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph
Merchant
A person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
Widow
A woman who has lost her husband by death and has not remarried.
Contrast
To compare in order to show unlikeness or differences
Medallion
A large medal
Czar
An emperor or king
Revolution
an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed
Assassination
to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously
Hemophilia
excessive bleeding occurs owing to the absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood
Inherit
to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir
A hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
Parliament
A meeting or assembly for conference on public or national affairs.
Accomplice
A person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing, often as a subordinate.
Ambitious
Having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal
Misdemeanor
Law . a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
Intrigue
To arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate
Incarceration
The act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure
Decipher
To make out the meaning of
Devise
To contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas
Conspirator
A person who takes part in a conspiracy; plotter
Portrait
A likeness of a person, especially of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph
Merchant
A person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
Widow
A woman who has lost her husband by death and has not remarried.
Contrast
To compare in order to show unlikeness or differences
Medallion
A large medal
Czar
An emperor or king
Revolution
an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed
Assassination
to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously
Hemophilia
excessive bleeding occurs owing to the absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood
Inherit
to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir