Vocabulary

preferred stock; preference shares

priority; order of precedence

complimentary ticket; courtesy card; discount coupon

man with a gentle nature

(academic) excellence; superiority; honors (e.g. graduating with); cum laude

honor prize; honour prize

grand-prize diploma

honor graduate; honours graduate

udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata)

On the Road (novel by Jack Kerouac)

unevenness (e.g. in quality); inconstancy; variation; lack of uniformity

occurrence; taking place; happening

(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence

Christian era

demodulator

orthogonal; quadrature component

carefully; closely

prudent; very careful

to stagnate

here and there; various places; all around; all over; everywhere; throughout

(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

to be; to exist

funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous

good morning

and; like that

indirectly; obliquely; implicitly; by implication; in a roundabout way; casually

to resound; to reverberate

to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off

to startle; to surprise; to astonish; to make (someone) say "oh!"

slum quarters

Davis Cup

Mithraism

medical and dental college

claimant; caretaker

guarantor; acceptor (e.g. promissory note); underwriter (e.g. stock issue)

to be able to drink

implicit function

hidden; concealed; unknown; crypto-