Words

bitterness of speech and temper

something secondary in importance

a person who is a helper of another

an assistant, such as an adjunct teacher, counselor, and so on

growing by addition

first appeared as a trademarked name coined by chemist j

takamine, who isolated it in 1901

now the nontechnical name for epinephrine, a hormone produced by the inner cortex of the adrenal glands

skillful either mentally or physically

a weighing heavily on the mind, spirit, or soul

to make inferior

to speak or write in favor of something

a person who pleads the case of another (for example, a lawyer) or who supports a specific action

disease caused by deﬁciency of vitamin c

close relationship

similarity of structure

to declare to be true

a set of circumstances favorable to

assert the truth of

psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution

to make greater, richer, more powerful

to make seem richer

management of farmland

the science of producing crops

a person against one in a fight, argument, debate, etc

a story in which people, things, and ideas have hidden meanings, often used as a way of teaching values

make less hard to bear

to reduce or lessen pain

to earmark or set aside for a specific purpose

more burdensome than rewarding

to fuse two or more metals to form one that possesses new properties

to reduce the pureness of a rare metal by fusing it with a less precious one

a metallic substance derived from the chemical fusion of two or more metals

to join together into one

the room, suite, or building occupied by people in definition #2 or #3

to alloy into an amalgam (an alloy of mercury and another metal, used by dentists in fillings)

something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true)

to make or become better

slight difference in degree

to put money aside at intervals to pay off a debt either prior to or at maturity

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