Define them and ill give you 1. mischief 2. enmity 3. preliminaries
4. lacerated
5. culprit
6. flee
7. fatigue
8. endurance
9. limp
10. forlorn
11. taut
12. oppress
13. subdued
14. tyrant
15. property
16. elapsed

1. trickery, or mayhem

2.  Active opposition/hostility to a group

3.  before the big event

4. cut on the skin (can be deep cut)

5. suspect

6. retreat

7. tired

8. the ability to persist

9. it's like walking with difficulty

10.  really, really, sad or lonely. hard/unlikely to achieve something

11. the opposite of relaxed (tense)

12. Having control over someone basically

13. Subdued is being taken down.

14. A cruel, malign, leader. (dictator)

15. property is something that belongs to someone

16. elapsed means passing. (Walking by, passing by, etc)

Explanation:

the answer f probably