| acquaintance |
a person one has met but does not know well. |
| bate |
to moderate or control; restrain. |
| harmonize |
to bring into agreement or cause to combine pleasantly or satisfactorily. |
| heroic |
noble and courageous. |
| historian |
one who writes about or is an expert on history. |
| melancholy |
a feeling of sadness or depression. |
| patent |
a government grant that gives someone the right to make, use, or sell an invention. A patent is given for a certain number of years. |
| rational |
based on sound reasoning; sensible. |
| reflex |
having to do with a response or reaction that is automatic and not controlled by conscious thought. |
| reportedly |
according to what has been said or according to rumor. |
| respiration |
the act of breathing. |
| scholarly |
of or appropriate to a student or a learned person. |
| siege |
a military act of surrounding a city or base, attacking it, and cutting off supplies. The goal of a siege is to force the city or fort to surrender. |
| transit |
the act of passing over, across, or through; passage. |
| unidentified |
having an unknown or as yet undetermined name or nature; not identified. |