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- Antebellum
- belonging to a period before a war, the American Civil War
- Antecedent
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- Ambidextrous
- equally skillful with each hand
- Ambivalent
- Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
- Augment
- enlarge or increase
- Auction
- the public sale of something to the highest bidder
- Biography
- story of a person's life written by another person
- Biology
- all the plant and animal life of a particular region
- Complete
- perfect and complete in every respect
- Conscious
- knowing and perceiving
- Deploy
- place troops or weapons in battle formation
- Deodorize
- eliminate the odor from
- Ecology
- the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
- Economize
- use cautiously and frugally
- Differ
- be of different opinions
- Disperse
- move away from each other
- Equinox
- either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
- Equation
- the act of regarding as equal
- Exclusive
- not divided or shared with others
- Exhale
- to breathe out
- Extrapolate
- gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating
- Extrovert
- an outgoing person
- Suffice
- to be enough
- Subvert
- destroy completely
- Detention
- a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
- Abstain
- choose no to consume
- Telescope
- a magnifier of images of distant objects
- Telepathy
- transference of the thoughts and feelings of one person to another by no apparent means of communication
- Superior
- of or characteristic of high rank or importance
- Supersede
- take the place or move into the position of
- Unceasing
- Not stopping
- Unequal
- not equal in amount
- Unilateral
- involving only one part or side
- Unanimous
- acting together as a single undiversified whole
- Evacuate
- empty completely
- Vacant
- Empty; unoccupied
- Withdraw
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract
- Withhold
- refuse to give; hold back
- Voracious
- excessively greedy and grasping
- Carnivorous
- flesh-eating
- Zoology
- the branch of biology that studies animals
- Zodiac
- circle of animal constellations
- Artisan
- a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
- Guardian
- a person who cares for persons or property
- Specialization
- the act of specializing
- Aggravation
- action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
- Moneyed
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- Dogged
- persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up
- Brighter
- To make an image appear sharper, the Unsharp Mask command makes the edge of the bright side:
- Happier
- more happy
- Strongest
- strongest
- Luckiest
- having or bringing the most good luck
- Hierarchy
- the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
- Archaic
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
- Anarchy
- a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
- Benevolent
- having or showing or arising from a desire to promote the welfare or happiness of others
- Benign
- pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence
- Carnage
- the savage and excessive killing of many people
- Corpulent
- fat; having a large, bulky body
- Chronology
- arrangement of events in time
- Extemporaneous
- with little or no preparation or forethought
- Indigenous
- originating where it is found
- Progeny
- the immediate descendants of a person
- Geocentric
- having the earth as the center
- Terrain
- an area of land; a region
- Trajectory
- the path followed by an object moving through space
- Conjecture
- reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
- Manifest
- a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane
- Manicure
- professional care for the hands and fingernails
- Matriarch
- a female head of a family or tribe
- Matriculate
- enroll as a student
- Miniscule
- very small; tiny
- Minor
- of lesser seriousness or danger
- Intermittent
- stopping and starting at irregular intervals
- Remittance
- money sent by mail
- Misnomer
- an incorrect or unsuitable name
- Pseudonym
- a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
- Patriarch
- the male head of family or tribe
- Paternity
- the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
- Pedicure
- professional care for the feet and toenails
- Podiatrist
- a specialist in care for the feet
- Deportment
- (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
- Portal
- a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
- Prototype
- first model
- Primordial
- having existed from the beginning
- Transcribe
- rewrite in a different script
- Inscription
- letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
- Synthesize
- combine and form a synthesis
- Symbiotic
- involving a close relationship of mutual dependence
- Visage
- the appearance conveyed by a person's face
- Evidence
- give evidence
- Vociferous
- loud and noisy; compelling attention
- Advocate
- speak, plead, or argue in favour of