Conveyances means vehicles or transports. The context clue to help you here is the appositive phrase that lists vehicles.
Vanquish means to defeat or conquer. The context clue here is that the enemy forces "conquered his army instead". This tells us that the duke's goal was what the enemy actually accomplished.
Herpetologist means person who studies reptiles. The context clue here is "studying the reptiles".
*You did not include what is in the drop down list so these might not be exact matches but they should be very close.
I am here to help Sergeant!
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He embraced me then,
But later he could not keep up,
How will I let go?
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The Logan family raised <u>cotton</u>.
