Vocabulary

4. a medieval sports contest in which two opponents on horseback fought with lance
5. a substance toxic to plants
7. to be exceedingly dramatic
8. to collect an excessive amount of something
10. excessively grand or ambitious
12. destiny or fate, following as effect from cause
14. to erase completely
15. to completely understand
16. contemplate on one’s success
17. a manner of presentation to conceal true representation

1. come between so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events
2. lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble
3. to become rotten
6. a mode of behavior
7. acutely distressing
9. a passionate expression of grief or sorrow
10. referring to something very light and thin
11. a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley
13. to be known for something bad
15. a strange liking to something