stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
area; region; district; locality
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
celebrity; personality; prominent figure
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
way of talking; speaking style
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
parent lottery (i.e. not being able to choose one's parents); one's circumstances or prospects in life being determined by one's parents
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
long ago; a long time ago; already
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how