| administrator |
a person who manages, especially in business or public affairs. |
| alchemy |
an ancient exploration and practice of chemistry which flourished particularly during medieval times. Practitioners used chemical processes in the hope of, for example, producing gold from base metals, finding the key to eternal life, and uncovering a single cure for all disease. |
| circuit |
an act of moving or turning around. |
| concordance |
an alphabetical index of all the main words in a book or in the entire work of an author, listing the contexts in which each word occurs and giving page references for each occurrence. |
| crucial |
very important; deciding the success or failure of something. |
| fortify |
to give more strength, resistance, or energy to; reinforce. |
| inevitably |
unavoidably, regardless of any circumstances or attempts at prevention. |
| institute |
to bring into being or set in operation. |
| pamphlet |
a thin book that has a paper cover, written to give information on some topic. |
| pavilion |
a light building with open sides used for shelter or recreation. |
| previously |
just before another. |
| proportion |
a part of a whole. |
| recalibrate |
to reset or adjust the scale of (a quantitative measuring instrument or system), usually to maintain a correspondence with a standard. |
| respectively |
in the order that two or more people or things have been named. |
| tantalize |
to tease or torment with the sight or prospect of something desirable but unattainable. |