The document defines a number of terms including alliance, sly, repression, peripheral, martyr, bulwark, exodus, invidious, relinquish, and abominable. It provides brief definitions or explanations of each term, with alliance defined as a temporary union of nations or factions, sly defined as treacherous or working in a hidden way, and repression defined as the suppression of painful ideas or memories.

2. an alliance, usually of nations, political parties, or
factions; a temporary union

4. sly; treacherous; working in a hidden or
dangerous way

6. the holding back or subduing; suppression;
pushing painful ideas or memories into the
subconscious (in psychiatry)

8. away from the central part; on the edge; only
slightly concerned with the important part;
unessential

10. one who is persecuted, tortured or killed for
refusing to renounce religious principles; one who
sacrifices for the sake of a belief or cause; to
torture or put to death for refusing to deny a
belief or faith

12. a wall of earth used for defense; a person or thing
that gives support or protection

14. a departure, usually of a great number of people

16. likely to cause ill will or envy; hateful

18. to relinquish, usually a claim, right, or privilege;
to defer or delay

20. abominable; grossly wicked and hateful; vile