| authentic |
real, genuine, or true. |
| autobiography |
the story of a person's life written or told by that person. |
| confer |
to give or award. |
| conquest |
the act or process of overcoming or defeating. |
| crisis |
the point or moment just before a very important change in one direction or another. |
| curt |
rudely short or brief in speech. |
| distribution |
the act of giving out items or portions. |
| encounter |
a brief, chance meeting. |
| excavate |
to make a hole or hollow place in by digging. |
| interrogate |
to question at length and in a thorough way, often for an official purpose. |
| rampage |
a course of angry, violent, or destructive behavior. |
| scope |
the range or extent of one's view or thoughts. |
| scrutiny |
a close and careful inspection. |
| subsist |
to stay alive or obtain the necessities of life (usually followed by "on"). |
| toxin |
any poisonous substance that is produced by living cells or living organisms. |