Vocabulary

open; public; official; overt

to like; to prefer

changing for the better

engineering course

to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic

schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus

imperial family; royalty

coin

ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)

procurement; purchase; buying

buying power; purchasing power

rainfall; rain

high voltage; high pressure

high (atmospheric) pressure; high-pressure system; high-pressure zone; anticyclone

alloy

torture

torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour

distinguished citizen; patriot

unbarked lumber

eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of

deduction; subtraction; balance

difference; disparity; gap

assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)

to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.)

recurrence; revival; resuscitation

resale

fewest; least; smallest (number); lowest; minimum

shortest

material

flaked bonito

to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive

sterilization; sterilisation; disinfection; pasteurization

killing and wounding; bloodshed

weed

frequent reflection; frequent meditation

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)

taking part (in planning); participation

mountain range; mountain belt

arithmetic