| bankruptcy |
the legal inability to pay debts. |
| civilization |
an advanced state of development of a society as judged by such things as having a system of government and laws, using a written language, and keeping written records. |
| corporation |
a group of people allowed by law to do certain things as if they were one person. |
| distinguished |
known for excellence; admired. |
| elude |
to get away from or avoid by speed or skill. |
| exhale |
to breathe out; give out breath or vapor. |
| fictional |
existing only in a made-up story and not existing in real life. |
| hovel |
a small, uncomfortable, dirty house or hut. |
| minimal |
of, pertaining to, or being the smallest or least possible in quantity, degree, or size. |
| mobility |
the quality of moving or being moved easily from place to place, or of having ease and flexibility of motion. |
| niche |
a hollow place set into a wall to hold a statue or some other object. |
| perish |
to die or be destroyed by violence or in some other way that is not natural. |
| recur |
to happen again or over and over. |
| siege |
a military act of surrounding a city or base, attacking it, and cutting off supplies. The goal of a siege is to force the city or fort to surrender. |
| temperate |
having neither extremely hot nor extremely cold temperatures and mild weather. |