The king might levy feudal dues or taxes.

v. To impose (a tax)

[lev-ee]

Sophistry is a dangerous and deceptive oratorical device.

n. A false argument

[sof-uh-stree]

On the continent there was a sanguinary conflict between Catholic and Protestant.

adj. Full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody

[sang-gwuh-ner-ee]

The leaven of the Renaissance had been working.

n. An element that produces an altering or transforming influence.

[lev-uh'n]

Napolean goaded Prussia into war.

v. To prick or drive with

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