Vocabulary

comparatively; relatively

to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down

rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul

nature; disposition

correct answer

wind blowing through fresh verdure

quartz

saving electricity; power saving; reducing electricity usage; reducing power consumption

washing one's hair; having a shampoo

diving; diver

preceding clause; previous paragraph

prehistory

the whole city

mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress

theory of relativity

amateur baseball; sandlot baseball

lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)

perennial plant

negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement

plump; rotund; chubby

mandala

to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

grave; serious; alarming

branch road; forked road; branch; fork; crossroads

daily wages

(being) among close family or friends only; private (gathering of intimates)

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

honest; respectable; decent

quiet; still; calm

dying in a fit of anger or indignation

returning (to the authorities); restoring

vivid description; painting a lively picture (of)

sun-dried

clockwise rotation; CW

slightly cloudy

cause of a disease; root of an evil

proclamation; promulgation

dry field farming; dry field crop

mutation; change; transition

to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will