Vocabulary

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

formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening

founder of a religious sect

diligent; hard-working; industrious

synopsis; plot; outline; summary

near; close; short (distance)

candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice

karate

mulberry (tree)

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

to do

hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest

cloudiness; cloudy weather; cloudy

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

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