key β a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
refuge β shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge from a storm.
retreat β the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
shelter β something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
reserve β to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
territory β any tract of land; region or district.
commune β A commune is a group of people who live together and share everything.
area β An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world.
district β a division of territory, as of a country, state, or county, marked off for administrative, electoral, or other purposes.
ghetto β a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships.
region β an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body: a region of the earth.
tract β a brief treatise or pamphlet for general distribution, usually on a religious or political topic.
domain β the territory governed by a single ruler or government; realm.
colony β A colony is a country which is controlled by a more powerful country.
country β A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
verb enclave
besiege β If you are besieged by people, many people want something from you and continually bother you.
circle β A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
hem in β to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
inundate β to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
beset β If someone or something is beset by problems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely.
blockade β A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
border β The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
bound β Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
circumscribe β If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
circumvent β If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
compass β A compass is an instrument that you use for finding directions. It has a dial and a magnetic needle that always points to the north.
confine β To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
fringe β a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
girdle β a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
invest β to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
limit β the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
loop β a hot bloom of pasty consistency, to be worked under a hammer or in rolls.
margin β the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
outline β the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
rim β the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
round β having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
skirt β the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
verge β the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.
close in β If a group of people close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them.
fence in β a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
go around β an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
