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| the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
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| recall and show respect for (someone or something) in a ceremony. |
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| in low spirits from loss of hope or courage. |
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| make known (private or sensitive information). |
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| an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country. |
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| having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval. |
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| (of a person, animal, or other living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment. |
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| a plane figure with at least three straight sides and angles, and typically five or more. |
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the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
the main figure or one of the most prominent figures in a real situation |
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| The cultural rebirth that occurred in Europe from roughly the fourteenth through the middle of the seventeenth centuries, based on the rediscovery of the literature of Greece and Rome. |
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| a state of rest, sleep, or tranquility. |
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| either of the two times in the year, the summer solstice and the winter solstice, when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days. |
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a band of colors, as seen in a rainbow, produced by separation of the components of light by their different degrees of refraction according to wavelength.
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used to classify something, or suggest that it can be classified, in terms of its position on a scale between two extreme or opposite points. |
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| a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. |
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| interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both. |
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| the rate or speed of motion or activity; pace. |
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| the quality or state of being tranquil; calm. |
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| a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen. |
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| alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive. |
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| an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes. |
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