Tier 2 Vocabulary to support the teaching and learning of War Horse. Arabic translations are also included to support ESL and EAL students. Divided into groups of ten for weekly spelling and revision.
| Vocabulary | Translation | Definition | |
| 1 | Conflict | نزاع | A clash or disagreement that often leads to damaged relationships or violence |
| 2 | Camaraderie | Bonds of friendship built over time from difficult situations | |
| 3 | Heroism | بطولة | Great bravery and courage in adversity |
| 4 | Ambition | طموح | Desire and determination to achieve success. |
| 5 | Perspective | إنطباع | A point of view |
| 6 | Arrogance | غطرسة | Self-importance and an inflated sense of self-worth over others. |
| 7 | Anthropomorphism | التجسيم | To make an animal seem or behave as if they are human |
| 8 | Distrust | عدم الثقة | Lack of trust. Doubting the honesty or reliability of a person or statement |
| 9 | Placid | هادئ | Not easily upset; calm and centered |
| 10 | Obstinate | عنيد | Stubbornly refusing a course of action |
| 11 | Pride | فخر | A feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements |
| 12 | Shame | عار | A painful feeling of humiliation caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour |
| 13 | Thoroughbred | أصيل | A pure breed horse, usually a race horse |
| 14 | Suffering | معاناة | The state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship. |
| 15 | Desolate | مهجور | Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned |
| 16 | Majestic | مهيب | Impressive beauty, controlled manner or grand in scale |
| 17 | Plight | مأزق | Suffering over an intense or difficulty period of time |
| 18 | Adversity | محنة | Extreme difficulty, challenge and trauma to overcome |
| 19 | Cruelty | قسوة | Behaviour that intentionally causes harm to others |
| 20 | Brutality | وحشية | Savage physical violence; great cruelty. |
| 21 | Contempt | ازدراء | Scorn or disrespect |
| 22 | Penitent | تائب | Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds |
| 23 | Cavalry | سلاح الفرسان | A division of the army on horseback designed for speed and agility |
| 24 | Reverence | تبجيل | A feeling of profound respect for someone or something |
| 25 | Benevolence | خير | Kind and fair with power |
| 26 | Disconsolately | بائس | Grief-stricken loneliness |
| 27 | Encumbered | المرهونه | Loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load |
| 28 | Equestrian | الفروسية | Any pursuits linked to horses |
| 29 | Dejected | مكتئب | Low spirits, melancholy. Feelings of being defeated. |
| 30 | Wretched | ردئ | Very unhappy; full of misery |
| 31 | Abhor | مقت-غضب شديد | To hate something intensely |
| 32 | Innocence | براءة | Purity, lack of corruption or experience of the world |
| 33 | Experience | تجربة | Developing an understanding of the world through adversity or challenge |
| 34 | Awareness | وعي | Growing knowledge or perception of an issue |
| 35 | Cacophony | تنافر النغمات | Loud, jarring and discordant noises |
| 36 | Visceral | الأحشاء | Deep physical detail which is often graphic and can be violent |
| 37 | Tumultuous | مشاغب | Disorder, turbulent and chaotic |
| 38 | Prowess | شجاعة | Skill or expertise in a particular activity or field |
| 39 | Crescendo | اوجّها-الذروة | Dramatic build-up of tension and drama to a point of peak intensity |
| 40 | Inconsolable | لا عزاء له | Someone who cannot be comforted their grief is too deep |
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