Vocabulary

bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)

The Great (e.g. in film and book titles); The Grand

neo-Gothic

Caribbean

digital-analog (e.g. watch, conversion)

porous

fin-de-siècle; decadent

ancillary; incidental; accompanying

while running; while moving; in motion

easily flowing (ink, make-up, etc.); easy spreading

flashy; gaudy; flamboyant

geopolitical; geostrategic

aseptic; sterile; abacterial

hyperfine; ultrafine; nanoscale; nano-; micro-

customary; conventional; traditional; usual

self-absorbed; self-contained

emerging; emergent

dirty; unclean

sad and lamenting

after a losing battle; (being) defeated

strongly ferocious

at regular intervals; evenly spaced

all-encompassing; unqualified (e.g. opinion)

fully armed; armed to the teeth

personal (employee); employed; retained

accursed; damned; blasted

stern; grave; austere; imposing; dignified; formidable

decaffeinated; caffeine-free; uncaffeinated; non-caffeinated

rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish

gas-filled (lamp, tube, counter, etc.)

crumply (cloth, clothing, etc.); ruffled

nontrivial (e.g. solution); non-obvious

fishy; dubious; questionable; false-looking

guilty (e.g. of a crime)

reusable; recyclable

easternmost

westernmost

smooth and refreshing (of sake); light with a clean finish

extremely low

nautical