| ascend |
to go upward; climb; rise. |
| compulsory |
required or necessary. |
| debut |
a person's first appearance on stage, in concert, or on film. |
| deliberately |
intentionally or with premeditation. |
| dwindle |
to become or cause to become gradually smaller or less until almost nothing remains; shrink. |
| ecstatic |
in a condition of extreme delight, overpowering emotion, or religious trance; enraptured. |
| engineering |
the study and practice of using scientific and mathematical knowledge to do practical things. Knowledge of engineering is needed to design and build roads, bridges, tools, and machines. |
| habitat |
the natural environment of an animal or plant. |
| imperial |
having to do with an empire or an emperor. |
| institutional |
of, relating to, or resembling an institution or institutions. |
| preventive |
made to get in the way of or to block something. |
| reform |
the changing of wrong or bad conditions to make them better. |
| scholarly |
of or appropriate to a student or a learned person. |
| siege |
a military act of surrounding a city or base, attacking it, and cutting off supplies. The goal of a siege is to force the city or fort to surrender. |
| visionary |
a person with a unique capability to predict what will become important in the future. |