BBC Documentary Empire Episode 1

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  • a summit a top meeting with country leaders
  • stronghold a place dominated by a particular group
  • gaudy extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless.
  • head start a favorable or promising beginning
  • omnipotence the quality of having unlimited or very great power. Something that is everywhere.
  • top dog a person, group, or thing in a position of authority especially through victory in a hard-fought competition
  • imperial fervor relating to an empire and something that is done with intense and passionate feeling.
  • flog to beat with or as if with a rod or whip
  • to call a bluff to challenge someone to act on their threat or prove that their claim or boast is true, when one believes they are making a false claim or idle threat.
  • dazzle to arouse admiration by an impressive display
  • siege a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of making those inside to surrender.
  • submission an act of submitting to the authority or control of another
  • mutiny a criminal conspiracy among a group of people to openly oppose, change, or overthrow a lawful authority to which they are subject.
  • disdain to treat as beneath one's notice or dignity
  • resentment a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury
  • mercy compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.
  • delusion the act of tricking or deceiving someone
  • savage lacking the restraints normal to civilized human beings
  • coax to manipulate with great perseverance and usually with considerable effort toward a desired state or activity
  • retaliation the action of returning a military attack; counter-attack.
  • atrocity a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation
  • entwine to become twisted or twined
  • unleash cause (a strong or violent force) to be released or become unrestrained.
  • treaty an agreement or arrangement made by negotiation

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