| archives |
the body of records or information pertaining to an institution, organization, or historical figure. |
| buoyancy |
the capacity to float or rise to the top in a liquid or gas. |
| comradeship |
friendship based on shared or group activities or interests. |
| cordon |
a chain of guards or military stations forming a defense or containment line around an area. |
| docile |
obedient and easy to manage. |
| empirical |
based on or verifiable by experience or experiment, rather than on or by theory. |
| fraudulent |
characterized by or based on the use of deceit or trickery. |
| indeterminate |
not fixed, clear, or precise; indefinite or uncertain. |
| metabolism |
the processes in plants and animals by which food is changed into energy or used to make cells and tissues. |
| nebulous |
hazy, confused, or indistinct. |
| nonexistent |
not having substance in reality. |
| pillage |
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder. |
| sardonic |
bitterly mocking; derisive; scornful. |
| temperance |
habitual moderation in the use of alcoholic drink, or complete abstinence. |
| undulate |
to move in waves or a wavelike motion. |