gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
the ancients; ancient people
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
polish (jewels); cultivation
all (there is); as long as there is
name; title; designation; fame; reputation
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
process; course; mechanism
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to ask a high price; to overcharge
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
dry riverbed; river beach
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
king; monarch; ruler; champion
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
with these words; while saying
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to expel; to eject; to push out; to force out
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of God; Christian; prodigy; young ace
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
ardent; passionate; vehement
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death