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prolong

to make longer

decimal

A number with one or more digits to the right of the decimal point

inn

similar to a pub, but also offering accommodation; sometimes in an attractive old building (旅館）

diction

A writer's or speaker's choice of words

inhibit

to prevent, restrain, stop

furnish

to equip with what is needed; to provide

inclination

tendency

empirical

based on observation or experiment

venture

(n.) a risky or daring undertaking; (v.) to expose to danger; to dare

lumber

to move slowly and awkwardly + timber

sanctuary

a sacred place; any place of refuge

brisk

quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor

confinement

Restriction within limits or boundaries.

canal

an artificial waterway

counterpart

(n.) a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement

prehistoric

before recorded history

conceivable

capable of being imagined or grasped mentally

contend

(v.) to fight, struggle; to compete; to argue

charter

A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company

protrude

to stick out

prone

lying face down

traction

grip or hold

temperament

basic emotional style that appears early in development and is largely genetic in origin

sedentary

(adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place

herald

to announce

devise

(v.) to think out, plan, figure out, invent, create

vertebrate

An animal with a backbone

Glyphosate

herbicide

inundate

(v.) to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size

ingenuity

the quality of being clever, original, and inventive

terrace

a raised, flat mound of earth (dirt) that looks like a platform with sloping sides

fashioned

made, shaped, or formed

forager

one who searches for food by hunting or gathering

excavation

the act of digging

metabolize

term that means to break down ingested substances

fauna

animals

hasten

hurry; accelerate; rush

repel

to push away

temperate

mild, moderate

agglutinate

stick together to form clumps

elude

to escape notice; to get away from

calamity

disaster

secular

Non-religious

pious

devoutly religious

devout

deeply religious

Semetic

a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family including Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, and many more

contrarian

a person who thinks differently from other people; a person who does the opposite of what is expected

undermine

to weaken

repulse

(v.) - to cause disgust or distaste, or to drive back, repel

tantalize

to tease, torment by teasing

obscure

difficult to see, vague

shrouded

covered

assimilate

(v.) to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully

subjugate

to conquer by force, bring under complete control

to no avail

without success

confederation

an alliance of independent states

obsidian

A usually black or banded, hard volcanic glass that displays shiny, curved surfaces when fractured and is formed by rapid cooling of lava

commodity

valuable product

demise

death

paleontologist

A scientist who studies fossils

readily

adv. right away and without difficulty

nomadic

wandering from place to place

egalitarian

promoting equal rights for all people

stratification

the process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers

commoner

a person who is not of noble rank

elliptical

oval; missing a word or words; obscure

obliquity

The tilt of the Earth's axis

traverse

to cross

gypsum

CaSO4 * 2H2O

silt

A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

salinity

the amount of salt in water

cascade

waterfall

deluge

a flood; an overwhelming rush

engender

cause

predispose

to incline to beforehand

derivative

unoriginal; taken from something already existing

disdain

(v.) to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a feeling of contempt, feeling something in unworthy

solace

comfort

vigour

physical strength and good health

emulate

to imitate

foetus/fetus

Unborn baby; usually around 8 weeks from conception/ 9 weeks to birth

impetus

a moving force, impulse, stimulus

remit

(v.) to send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a penalty or punishment), forgive, pardon; to lessen, diminish; to put off, postpone, defer

arbitrary

random

impell

to urge or force

impend

be about to happen

impertinent

rude and disrespectful

rampart

a defensive structure or embankment

instill

(v.) to add gradually; to introduce or cause to be taken in

propensity

a natural inclination or tendency

insurmountable

impossible to overcome

converge

to move toward one point, approach nearer together

diverge

to vary; go in different directions from the same point

cull

To select and remove weak or inferior members from.

allopatric

The formation of a new species as a result of an ancestral population's becoming isolated by a geographic barrier.

placental

a mammal whose offspring develop inside the female's uterus

analogy

A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

flora

plants of a region or era

counteract

to neutralize, make ineffective

potent

power