Vocabulary

summit (of a mountain)

acid

way; method; means; resource; remedy

envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission

shield; buckler; escutcheon

order; turn

treatment (of a person); dealing with

girl; baby girl

woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)

repayment; redemption

knowledge; awareness

news (from someone); letter; contact

top part; surface

upper stream; upper course; upper reaches

standing (committee); permanent (exhibit)

decoration; ornament; trimmings

food; foodstuff

for use as food; edible

believer; adherent; devotee; follower

sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart

psychology

oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

new and old; incoming and outgoing

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

proposal; offer; request; application

pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark

relatives; one's family

edged tool; cutting instrument; knife

hydrogen (H)

water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

sexual (i.e. relating to biological sex)

post-natal; since birth

ecology; life and habits (of an animal)

customs; customs house

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock

to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)

point of tangency; point of contact

tongue

specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product