Vocabulary

style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics

deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

insecticide; pesticide

grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket

adjournment

dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying

partition; division; boundary; compartment

instrumental quartet

officer

to indicate; to show; to point to

principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar

criminal condemned to death; convict on death row

the deceased; deaths; persons killed

private

touchstone (assaying tool)

trial and error

subtitles; captioning

bringing; taking; carrying

hourly pay; hourly wage

to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)

depending on

vending machine

one's own expense; out-of-pocket expense

illness; disease

demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof

real bullet; live ammunition; live round; loaded cartridge; loaded shell

outside the company

traffic lane; road lane

snake

credit association

preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

new rice; first rice crop of the year

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

true value; real worth

pearl

directly opposite; right in front

monarch's guards

thumb

one's background; one's history; one's circumstances

artificial satellite; man-made satellite