Vocabulary

anti-German

embryonic; embryonal

large and rough; big and tough; rugged (hands, features, etc.); hard; sturdy; chunky

persistent; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded

anaplastic

odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre

bored; having nothing to do; idle

unkind; mean

excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling

that kind of; that sort of; that; such

common; commonplace

hardworking; painstaking; diligent; conscientious; sincere

arrogant; haughty; stuck-up

cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made

(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating

Western-influenced; Occidental-looking; exotic; smelling of butter

short (in height); stumpy; tiny

noble (birth); royal; august; exalted; high-born; of high rank

dear; darling; adorable; precious; cute; lovely

uninvited (visitor)

extremely spicy; fiery hot

permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of

anxious (appearance); (appearing) uneasy

diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)

occasional; infrequent; rare

unplugged (performance); non-electrified; acoustic

reluctant; hesitant

dirty; unclean

foreign (product, esp. agricultural); of foreign manufacture

extremely vexing

dark and desolate; forlorn

huge; gigantic; enormous

see-through (e.g. blouse)

solid-state

chilled

without stockings; stockingless

vertical; portrait-style; longitudinal

conformal

non-perturbative

quantitative