Vocabulary

subscribed capital

countersuit

responding to a demand; answering a request

hawks; hardline faction; hardliners

falconry

suppression; prohibition; ban

signboard bearing a prohibition notice

(legally) incompetent individual

prohibition law; dry law

prohibition of a religion; prohibited religion

asceticism; stoicism

ascetic; stoic

reproduction prohibited

legally protected bird

the emperor

imprisonment; incarceration

protecting the emperor

imperial guards

contraband (goods)

lapel badge; collar badge

height of the neck

calculating, profit-or-loss mentality

bill; check

endurance; perseverance; patience

complaint

crybaby

feigned tears; crocodile tears

to cling tearfully to (someone)

to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears

Paleozoic era

reddish-purple

artless but attractive in a quaint sense

classicist

classicist; classical scholar

classical music

the classical period

antiques dealer

old friend

well-pickled vegetables

numismatist