Vocabulary

lively group (esp. of young people); dynamic bunch

military expansion; arms buildup

(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence

including (a cost) in a total calculation; appropriating (a sum of money); recording; allocating; booking

menstruation; menstrual period

serving concurrently as; concurrently holding the position of; holding the additional post of

offering a prize; prize competition; prize; reward

abandonment; giving up; forsaking

sample; specimen; pattern

dangerous; perilous; threatening; stormy; volatile; tense

original text

original (document, copy, work, text, etc.)

waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

old clothes; secondhand clothing

lake; marsh; wetland; inland waters

pushing; support; backing; supporter; backer

settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); dealing with the aftermath

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

forked road; crossroads

locomotive; engine

balloon (hot-air, weather, etc.); blimp

undulation

false evidence; perjury; false testimony

compulsory education

proceedings (e.g. parliament, congress); business (of the day)

assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall

reimportation; reimport; reverse import; importing back

to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to soak up; to absorb

ball game (e.g. baseball, tennis, soccer)

leaving or staying

holding a ceremony; wedding ceremony

fiction; fabrication; concoction

fish; fishes

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

to let (someone) take hold of your hand

to clasp; to grasp; to grip; to clutch

dark clouds