Vocabulary from the novel

3. A lover and defender of one's country.
6. Efforts to fight, repel to stand up against something.
7. impossible to be reached or approached.
9. Make a hostile inroad into a country in order to occupy that country.
10. The growth of plants or shrubs under trees.
13. Something that can't be penetrated. Penetrate means to pass through something, or get access to something.
14. The state of remaining alive.
15. A person who lives in solitude.

1. Done in a secretive way.
2. The celebration of something, through a speech, writing or a special event.
4. The state of not being dependent on others.
5. A soldier posted to keep guard.
8. When someone or something is not easily seen or noticed. This could be because they blend in or are hiding.
11. The power to bounce back or recover from something.
12. Wild or savage.