المفردات

· make denser, stronger, or purer

concentrate juice

· copy down as is

The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over

· a gully that is shallower than a ravine

he was the biggest drawing card they had

· only a very short time before

we hardly knew them

· the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)

the knocking grew louder

· less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

low prices

· something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

how it got out is a mystery

· easily agitated

a nervous addict

· on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system

on-line industries

· completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

an absolutely magnificent painting

· a full supply

there was plenty of food for everyone

· shade within clear boundaries

he moved off into the darkness

· any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

the situation called for strong measures

· (of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction

an endangered species

· belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire

ancient history

· the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

he beat his breast in anger

· a shape that is spherical and small

he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops

· a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge

when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions

· possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

charming incantations

· the verbal act of offering

a generous offer of assistance

· give something useful or necessary to

We provided the room with an electrical heater

· by chance

perhaps she will call tomorrow

· ready to fall asleep

beginning to feel sleepy

· by bad luck

unfortunately it rained all day