3B
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- escalate
- to increase gradually; to ascend or rise
- fervent
- having or showing intense emotion or enthusiasm
- criminology
- the scentific study of crime, criminals, and corrections
- encircle
- to form a circle around; surround
- disputant
- a person who is involved in an argument or debate
- poignant
- sharp or biting to taste; sharplypainful to the feelings, keen
- inert
- without power to move, act, or resist; sluggish; slow; inactive
- dank
- unpleasantly dampl; cold and wet
- temporary
- lasting for a limited time; not permanent
- approximate
- nearly or almost exact or accurate
- consequence
- a result of an earlier happening or action; outcome
- ingress
- the act of entering; an entrance; the right to enter
- bizarre
- odd or strange in appearance or manner; grotesque
- deciduous
- shedding leaves annually; shedding antlers or insect wings
- egalitarian
- characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people
- strenuous
- requiring or characterized by great effort or energy
- larcenous
- of, relating to, or involving the theft of another person's property
- florid
- rosy, ruddy, highly colored
- mandate
- an authorization or support given by voters
- portable
- able to be carried or moved easily
- soporific
- causing sleep; dull
- perforation
- a line of small holes in a surface like paper to make seperation into parts easier
- portage
- the carrying of boats or supplies from one navigable body of water to another
- complementary
- completing; supplying mutual needs
- sumptuous
- excessively costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent
- charismatic
- possessing personal magnetism or charm that attracts many followers
- scroll
- a roll of paper or parchment with writing on it
- knell
- to ring, especially for a death, funeral, or disaster; to toll; to summon, announce, or proclaim as if by a knell
- paramedic
- a person who is trained to assist a doctor or give emergency medical treatment
- dignified
- respectable, stately, noble
- reap
- to receive as a reward or result of effort; to cut (grain) for harvest
- entente
- an understanding or agreement between two or more countries
- derogatory
- belittling; expressing a low opinion
- hyperbole
- exaggeration for effect, not meant to be taken litteraly
- desecrate
- to treat with disrespect; to violate the sacredness of; defile; profane
- paraphernalia
- personal belonings; equipment used in a particular activity
- incipient
- just beginning to exist or appear
- influx
- a flowing in or mass arrival
- logistics
- the management of details for an operation or event
- loiter
- to stand around idly and aimlessly; to move slowly with frequent stops
- capacity
- the ability to do something; the ability to contain, hold or receive; the maximum amount that can be contained
- consistency
- a keeping to a way of thinking or acting; degree of firmness, thickness, or density; agreement or harmony among things or parts
- repeal
- to cancel or withdraw officially
- gravitate
- to move by the force of gravity; to be attracted by a strong force
- portent
- an indication, warning, or sign of something important or disastrous that is about to happen; omen
- differentiate
- to tell the difference between; distinguish between; to make up the difference
- antique
- belonging to, made in or in the style of an earlier time
- potential
- possibility
- symmetery
- an exact arrangement so that parts are matching and balanced on either side of a central line
- personnel
- persons working in a company, organization, or other place of business