Vocabulary

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

style; form; pattern

interest (on a deposit, loan, etc.)

love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections

coexistence

ditch; drain; gutter; trench

power; might; authority; influence

bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; brilliant; splendid; gay

dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

details; particulars; specifics

harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement

centre; center; pivot; mainstay; nucleus; hub

tsunami; tidal wave

channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait

fall; crash (of an aircraft)

solitude; loneliness; isolation

characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); endemic; unique (to); native (to)

book review

to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt)

flood; flooding

definition

interference; intervention; meddling

outline; summary; gist; basic points

action; operation; process; agency; effect; function

first year (of an imperial era)

short course; training

simple; plain; modest

underpopulation; low population density; depopulation

reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup

restoration; return

abatement; reduction

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage

personal history; background; career

precedent

self-consciousness; self-awareness

opportunity; chance; occasion; time

fixed date; appointed date; set date

really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely

abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

balance; equilibrium