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  1. elapsed
    (of time) having passed or slipped by
  2. peat
    partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water
  3. bog
    wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation
  4. monastery
    the residence of a religious community
  5. scholar
    a learned person
  6. invasion
    any entry into an area not previously occupied
  7. chronicle
    a record or narrative description of past events
  8. metabolism
    the organic processes that are necessary for life
  9. shiver
    shake, as from cold
  10. extremity
    the outermost or farthest region or point
  11. regulate
    bring into conformity with rules, principles, or usage
  12. immersion
    the act of wetting something by submerging it
  13. moderate
    marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
  14. flutter
    flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
  15. adequate
    having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
  16. immune
    of the condition in which an organism can resist disease
  17. facilitate
    make easier
  18. alternative
    one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
  19. peculiar
    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  20. composition
    the way in which someone or something is put together
  21. transition
    the act of passing from one state or place to the next
  22. prevalent
    most frequent or common
  23. conformity
    correspondence in form, type, or appearance
  24. fluctuate
    move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
  25. occupy
    live in (a certain place)
  26. bemoan
    regret strongly
  27. conscious
    having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
  28. intellectual
    of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
  29. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  30. flourish
    grow vigorously
  31. inconsistent
    displaying a lack of regularity
  32. vulnerable
    capable of being wounded or hurt
  33. emerge
    come out into view, as from concealment
  34. deposit
    the act of putting something somewhere
  35. molten
    reduced to liquid form by heating
  36. evolve
    undergo development
  37. dormant
    inactive but capable of becoming active
  38. remarkably
    to a remarkable degree or extent
  39. bare
    lacking its natural or customary covering
  40. coat
    an outer garment that covers the body from shoulder down
  41. overwhelm
    overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
  42. crude
    belonging to an early stage of technical development
  43. estimate
    judge tentatively
  44. compelling
    capable of arousing and holding the attention
  45. orbit
    the path of a celestial body in its revolution about another
  46. elevation
    distance of something above a reference point
  47. topographical
    concerned with topography
  48. purple
    of a color intermediate between red and blue
  49. crater
    a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
  50. beneath
    in or to a place that is lower
  51. penetrate
    pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
  52. composition
    the way in which someone or something is put together
  53. crude
    belonging to an early stage of technical development
  54. estimate
    judge tentatively
  55. molecule
    the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
  56. crater
    a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
  57. perpetually
    everlastingly; for all time
  58. mantle
    a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
  59. pole
    a long rod of wood, metal, or plastic
  60. comet
    a small frozen mass that travels around the sun
  61. scarce
    deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
  62. mine
    explosive device that explodes on contact
  63. artificial
    contrived by art rather than nature
  64. incident
    a single distinct event
  65. replicate
    reproduce or make an exact copy of
  66. yummy
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  67. flora
    all the plant life in a particular region or period
  68. spore
    a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
  69. flourish
    grow vigorously
  70. compact
    closely and firmly united or packed together
  71. peg
    a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
  72. deity
    a supernatural being worshipped as controlling the world
  73. pose
    assume a bearing as for artistic purposes
  74. perplexed
    full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
  75. predominate
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  76. mediate
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  77. dispense
    administer or bestow, as in small portions
  78. severe
    very harsh or strict, especially when dealing with others
  79. paradoxical
    seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
  80. asteroid
    a small celestial body composed of rock and metal
  81. comet
    a small frozen mass that travels around the sun
  82. methane
    a colorless, odorless gas used as a fuel
  83. terrestrial planet
    a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's
  84. debris
    the remains of something that has been destroyed
  85. account for
    be the reason or explanation for
  86. nickel
    a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
  87. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
  88. latitude
    an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
  89. attain
    gain with effort
  90. prone
    having a tendency
  91. frost
    ice crystals forming a white deposit
  92. universal
    applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
  93. cessation
    a stopping
  94. smother
    deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
  95. avalanche
    a slide of large masses of snow, ice and mud down a mountain
  96. ultraviolet light
    radiation lying in the ultraviolet range
  97. grazing land
    a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
  98. bare
    lacking its natural or customary covering
  99. rigor
    excessive sternness
  100. insulation
    reduction of the transmission of sound, heat, or electricity
  101. prevalent
    most frequent or common
Created on Fri Jan 04 09:57:22 EST 2013 (updated Wed Jan 23 07:42:33 EST 2013)

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