المفردات

· a surrounding or nearby region

the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville

· that cripples or disables or incapacitates

a crippling injury

· feeling a need to see others suffer

· a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC

· of the most contemptible kind

abject cowardice

· grow by addition

The interest accrues

· designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree

an additive process

· be compatible or in accordance with

You must adhere to the rules

· moving quickly and lightly

sleek and agile as a gymnast

· give out

We were assigned new uniforms

· a share set aside for a specific purpose

the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state

· having no definite form or distinct shape

amorphous clouds of insects

· measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle

angular momentum

· of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

antediluvian man

· exact opposite

his theory is the antithesis of mine

· get the meaning of something

Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?

· a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)

they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor

· characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

worked their arduous way up the mining valley

· the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

the articulation of my feelings

· take up mentally

he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe

· examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification

audit accounts and tax returns

· severely simple

a stark interior

· evident without proof or argument

an axiomatic truth

· of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750