| contemplate |
to look at carefully for a long time. |
| continuous |
going on without pausing or stopping; not broken. |
| fascination |
the condition of having one's attention aroused and held, as by charm, beauty, or extreme interest. |
| forecast |
a guess or estimate about something that will happen in the future. |
| historian |
one who writes about or is an expert on history. |
| instructional |
pertaining to or having the purpose of teaching or providing information on a topic. |
| intensify |
to make stronger, more acute, or more intense. |
| lament |
to mourn for or regret. |
| migration |
the act or process of moving to another region to live, especially in a group. |
| negate |
to render ineffective or invalid; nullify. |
| paramount |
most important; chief; highest. |
| profound |
coming from or going to a great depth. |
| ransack |
to search through thoroughly, especially for items to steal; plunder. |
| subscribe |
to agree to pay for a certain number of issues of a publication such as a magazine. |
| underestimate |
to appraise at too low a quantity, rate, strength, value, or the like. |