History

Question 1

annals

Answer 1

A record of events year by year

Question 2

enlist

Answer 2

to join the armed forces

Question 3

tidbit

Answer 3

A small and particularly interesting item of gossip or information

Question 4

compelling

Answer 4

Evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way (fascinating)

Question 5

private

Answer 5

The lowest rank in the army, below lance corporal or private first class.

Question 6

to obscure

Answer 6

Keep from being known.

Question 7

purported

Answer 7

Appearing or stated to be true, though not necessarily so; supposed

claimed but not proved to be true

Question 8

facet

Answer 8

A particular aspect or feature of something.

Question 9

stealthily

Answer 9

quietly and carefully in order not to be seen or heard

Question 10

draw on

Answer 10

Use experience, talents, or skills as a resource.

Question 11

mutilation

Answer 11

The action of causing serious and violent injury to sb, causing permanent harm - damage

Question 12

to lunge

Answer 12

Make a sudden forward movement

Question 13

to out

Answer 13

Reveal the sexual or gender identity of (a person).

Question 14

numb

Answer 14

Cause (a sensation) to be felt less intensely; deaden.

Question 15

to fret

Answer 15

Be constantly or visibly anxious.

Question 16

to resurrect

Answer 16

Revive or revitalize (something that is inactive, disused, or forgotten)

If you resurrect something, you cause it to exist again after it had disappeared or ended

Question 17

antebellum

Answer 17

Occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the US Civil War.

Question 18

pave the way

Answer 18

If something paves the way for/to something else, it makes the other thing possible

Question 19

unscramble

Answer 19

to discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way - to resolve

Question 20

painstaking

Answer 20

extremely careful and correct, and involving a lot of effort - careful (кропітка)

Question 21

declassify

Answer 21

to release (a document or information) from the security list

Question 22

unearth

Answer 22

to discover something in the ground

Question 23

nail-biting

Answer 23

A nail-biting situation is very exciting or worrying because you do not know how it will end

Question 24

imminent

Answer 24

coming or likely to happen very soon - close

Question 25

crack the problem

Answer 25

solve it, especially after a lot of thought

Question 26

at the helm

Answer 26

in charge of a company or organization

Question 27

clandestine

Answer 27

planned or done in secret, especially describing something that is not officially allowed- secret

Question 28

card-sharp

Answer 28

a professional card player who cheats

Question 29

alter

Answer 29

If something alters or if you alter it, it changes - different

Question 30

the run-up to something

Answer 30

the period of time just before an important event

Question 31

aloof

Answer 31

not friendly or willing to take part in things - distant

Question 32

to concede

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to admit, often unwillingly, that something is true

Question 33

ramp sth up

Answer 33

to increase the speed, power, or cost of something

Question 34

wound up

Answer 34

very worried, nervous, or angry

Question 35

dodge

Answer 35

to avoid being hit by something by moving quickly to one side

Question 36

seep out

Answer 36

to move or spread slowly out of a hole or through something