Coad of Honor Vocab.

3. a stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section and a pyramidal top, set up as a monument or landmark.
4. to gape or stare stupidly
7. a person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, especially one who resorts to or advocates extreme action.
9. an ignorant or stupid person.
11. the action of nominating or state of being nominated.
13. extremely complex and difficult to follow.
14. a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
16. the official residence or offices of an ambassador.
17. the action or process of directing someone to the wrong place or in the wrong direction.

1. political or military activities designed to prevent or thwart terrorism.
2. with concentration and conscientiousness in one's work or reading.
5. a large body of troops ready for battle, especially an infantry unit forming part of a brigade typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel.
6. military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.
8. law a body of religious law that forms part of the Islamic tradition.
10. extremely unpleasant.
12. the action of interrogating or the process of being interrogated.
15. the ninth month of the Muslim year, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset.