Vocabulary

contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting

gap; opening; aperture; crevice; crack; chink

decisive; resolute; determined; firm

crushed stone; macadam

triple play

attendance (at a meeting)

antioxidant

to call on someone; to call at a place; to pay a visit; to wait on someone

rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero

around the clock; day and night

corpse; dead person

fat (of meat); fatty meat

very; extremely; exceedingly; quite; most

self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

seven wonders (of a particular area)

eczema; rash

officially registered seal

weak person; the weak

adoption or rejection; selection; choice; option

lines of the palm (in palm reading); appearance of the palm of the hand

pollination

frost on trees; hoarfrost (on trees)

shoulder width (breadth)

to look at each other; to exchange looks

dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch

with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of

latter half of one's life

brightness; splendour; splendor

high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse

freeze-dried tofu

pressing one's hands together in prayer

black lustre; black luster

coal mining; coal extraction

vista; background; perspective; distant view

coming from far away

secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart

responding to a call-up for military service; answering a call-up

consent; compliance

to push back; to press back; to force back

to set up; to raise