One Word Substitution

Distinction refers to excellence or a high status that sets someone or something apart.

Residents are people who live in a specific place or area.

Narrow describes something with a small distance from one side to the other.

Grassland refers to land with grass growing on it, especially farmland used for grazing or pasture.

Steppes are large, grassy plains found in regions like Southeast Europe and Siberia.

Evidence means something that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof.

Ramp is a sloping/curved way. Bay is part of sea and pavement is a paved way or surface made of bricks etc. Path is the correct option as it is a track or way by footsteps.

A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.

Daft describes one who is silly in an amusing way.

A charioteer is specifically the person who drives a chariot.

Pharaoh is the title given to the rulers of ancient Egypt.

A pickaxe is a tool with a curved metal bar used for breaking up hard ground or rock.

To defend means to protect someone or something from harm or attack.

Thence is an archaic term meaning from that place or from that time.

Conquest is the act of taking control of a place or people by military force.

Extensive means covering a large area or having a great range or amount.

Tactics means any methods used to gain an end. So, option 1 is correct.
 

Correct answer is option 1. Drenched means to get wet. Dried means not wet. Parched means to dry with heat.

To assure is to tell someone something is true to remove their doubts.

 Option 1 is the correct meaning here.

Mount means to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).

Execute means to carry out or perform a plan or action.

Firm means strongly fixed in place and not likely to move.

Accomplished means highly skilled or expert in a particular area. The other options refer to completion, emotional state, or general excellence, which do not capture the nuance of skill.

Withers refers to the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of a horse, cow, sheep, etc.