augment cavalry commandment horde mete

augment

aug·ment /ɔːɡˈment $ ɒːɡ-/ verb [transitive]

formal to increase the value, amount, effectiveness etc of something:

• Any surplus was sold to augment their income.

—augmentation /ˌɔːɡmenˈteɪʃən, -mən- $ ˌɒːɡ-/ noun [uncountable and countable]

cavalry

cav·al·ry /ˈkævəlri/ noun [plural, uncountable]

1. the part of an army that fights on horses, especially in the past:
   1. The Black Prince led a cavalry charge against them
2. The part of a modern army that uses TANKS

commandment

com·mand·ment /kəˈmɑːndmənt $ kəˈmænd-/ noun [countable]

one of the ten rules given by God in the Bible that tell people how they must behave.

horde

horde /hɔːd $ hɔːrd/ noun [countable]

a large crowd moving in a noisy uncontrolled way

horde of

• There were hordes of people inside the station

mete

mete /miːt/ verb

mete something <-> out phrasal verb formal

if you mete out a punishment, you give it to someone

mete something <-> out to

• He felt he had a right to mete out physical punishment to the children.
• Judges ar meting out harsh sentences for car theft.

Reference

• Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English