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- AMBIDEXTROUSHaving equal or comparable ability in both hands; in particular, able to write well with both hands.
- CISTERNA reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
- CLIMAXA rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
- CYANAn additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.
- HUBRISExcessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride.
- HYPOCRITESomeone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.
- LICENSEA legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- LOBEAny projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
- MEANDEROne of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
- MUSEOf a person: a source of inspiration.
- NEBULAA cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
- OMEGAThe twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek
- PHILANDERA lover.
- PITCHA sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; tree sap.
- PRISMA polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides. An object having the shape of a geometrical prism (sense 1).
- TUNEA melody.
- KISMETFate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
- BRANDYAn alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
- LATERcomparative form of late: more late
- DETOURA diversion or deviation from one's original route.
- FAUXFake or artificial.
- ROUXA mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.
- NETWORKAny interconnected group or system.
- SCAPEGOATIn the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
- YUANThe basic unit of money in China.
- ADORABLEBefitting of being adored; cute or loveable.
- ADORNTo make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
- BEHAVIORHuman conduct relative to social norms.
- CABALA putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.
- COMPLAINTo express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
- COMPLAINTThe act of complaining.
- COPULATETo engage in sexual intercourse.
- DECIMATETo kill one-tenth of (a group), as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
- DIGITALHaving to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.
- DISTILTo exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
- DOCUMENTARYOf, related to, or based on documents.
- DUCTILECapable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
- DUELArranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
- FINALA final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- FOMENTTo incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
- FORESTA dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
- GELATINA protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc.
- GRANULEA tiny grain, a small particle.
- GUSTOEnthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.
- HOAXTo deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
- HOMICIDEThe killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
- KILNAn oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying g
- LITIGATETo go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
- LOCATETo place; to set in a particular spot or position.
- MAGNITUDEThe absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
- MENTALOf or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality. Occurring or experienced in the mind.
- NATIVEBelonging to one by birth or ancestry.
- NATURALExisting in nature. Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.
- PERSONAn individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
- PLANTAn organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis, and typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
- PLUMThe fruit and its tree. An edible, fleshy stone fruit of species Prunus domestica (European plum) and Prunus americana American plum, often of a dark red or purple colour. A stone-
- POTENTPowerful; possessing power; effective. Possessing authority or influence; persuasive, convincing.
- POULTRYDomestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).
- POUNCEA type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
- PRESTIGEThe quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
- PREYThat which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured.
- PRINCEA (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch.
- PRISONA place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered und
- PROMULGATETo make known or make public.
- RAPIDVery swift or quick.
- RELIEFThe removal of stress or discomfort.
- REPUBLICA state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
- RUSEA turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
- SALMONOne of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn.
- SAMPLEA part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
- SECULARNot specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
- SEDIMENTA collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
- SLUICEAn artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
- SUPERSTITIONA belief considered to be irrational, unfounded, or based solely on fear and ignorance, particularly credulous reverence towards and belief in supernatural forces.
- TEMPERA general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
- TIDALRelating to tides.
- TUBAA large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
- UNIFORMAlternative letter-case form of Uniform of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
- URCHINA hedgehog.
- VIOLATETo break or disregard (a rule or convention).
- VIPERA venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
- VOCABULARYA usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
- VOLUMEA three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English me
- VORTEXA whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
- WILTTo droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
- BEEHIVEA sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live.
- BINDERSomeone who binds. Someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
- FOOLISHLacking good sense or judgement as a general trait; unwise; stupid.
- JINGLEThe sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
- LOFTYHigh, tall, having great height or stature.
- OVERWHELMTo engulf, surge over and submerge.
- PACKINGpresent participle and gerund of pack
- PLENTIFULExisting in large number or ample amount.
- RISERSomeone or something which rises.
- SHADOWYIn shadow; darkened by shadows.
- WATCHFULFully observant, vigilant, or aware.
- BREAKFASTThe first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
- BUILDINGThe act or process by which something is built; construction.
- DANGEROUSFull of danger.
- HICCUPA spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.