| Aurora |
bands or streamers of light that appear in the sky at night in areas around the magnetic poles, caused by solar particles striking atoms in the outer part of the earth's atmosphere. |
| document |
a written or printed paper that gives factual information or proof of something. Birth certificates, marriage licenses, and passports are kinds of documents. |
| encompass |
to surround or enclose. |
| encrusted |
covered with a hard or crisp layer of something. |
| factual |
containing facts; true. |
| missionary |
a person who is sent by a church or religious order to a foreign country to teach, convert, heal, or serve. |
| overlook |
to fail to see or notice. |
| publication |
the act of publishing printed material. |
| spangle |
a small, thin piece of shiny metal used for decoration on clothing. |
| threshold |
the point when something starts to happen. |
| toxin |
any poisonous substance that is produced by living cells or living organisms. |
| translate |
to change into the words of another language. |
| tribute |
something given, done, or said to express respect or thanks. |
| truce |
a stop or end of war that is agreed upon by all groups that participate; armistice. |
| unify |
to make into a single unit or thing; bring together; unite. |