boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
utmost limits; extremity; limit
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
region; limits; stage; level
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
king; monarch; ruler; champion
classical form of martial art
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
companion; partner; spouse
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
unqualified; without qualifications
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
numerical value; figure; result; reading (on a meter, etc.)
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
outward appearance; looks