Vocabulary

ends of the earth; outer reaches; borderland

whereabouts; present location

hollyhock (Alcea rosea); common hollyhock

first day of summer (approx. May 6)

constitutional monarchy; limited monarchy

first day of autumn (approx. August 8); first day of fall

stereochemistry

feeling of solidity; three-dimensionality; drawing highlights

Cubism

first day of winter (approx. November 8)

cube

legislator

argument(ation)

grazing; touching lightly

abbreviation

informality

abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character

demitoilet; ordinary dress

looting

mnemonic

stranger; tramp; wanderer

flowchart; flow diagram

liquid sound

influenza; flu

penal colony

false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard

influenza; flu

meteor shower

fluid mechanics; fluid dynamics; hydrodynamics

stray bullet

horseback archery

current assets

liquidity (esp. financial)

current liabilities

wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country

wandering people; nomadic tribe

nomad

pile; pool; collection

reservoir; pond

house-sitting; house-sitter