disturb greatly

make rational

feeling of kinship

isolate

read through with care

(of voice) harsh and unpleasant

positive assertion

sear

spread throughout

devastate

state of distress

gift for finding valuable things by accident

purposely continuing to do something wrong

overwhelmingly favorable review

abundance

calmness

corruption

fall apart into tangles

insult

winding

corrupt

extremely hungry

life after death

having a sawtoothed edge

belief that life is basically bad or evil

narrow valley with steep sides

openmouthed

slavish

causing plague

destroy completely

items of business at a meeting

slavery

tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl or mortar

strongly opposed to social or political change

collection

separate

turn to stone

kingdom

make greater

harshness

trivial

one who harvests grain

sum

navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars)

touchy

return of part of a payment

filled with great surprise or fear

crude cabin

formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears

reject bluntly

nimbleness

chain

pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition

scold harshly

stir up

slight difference in degree

Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy)

representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols

one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality

pretend

observable facts

refutation

highly excited

(place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin

faithless lover

disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished

pertaining to land or its cultivation

imaginary remote paradise on earth

lover of mankind

disclaim or disavow

of air

fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup)

stamp-collector

summarize

cheerful promptness without reluctance

very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade)

narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain

reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.)

medieval chemistry

bundle of stalks of grain