devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
distinctive; characteristic
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)
starting point; point of departure
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
magical; sorcerous; incantatory
concentration; density; cardinality
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
snake; serpent; large snake
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
real image; real form; real-life image; true picture
semi-transparent; translucent