| concordance |
an alphabetical index of all the main words in a book or in the entire work of an author, listing the contexts in which each word occurs and giving page references for each occurrence. |
| contribute |
to give for a purpose. |
| definitive |
most reliable, complete, or authoritative. |
| emphatic |
forceful, determined, or insistent in speech or action. |
| illuminate |
to light up; make bright with light. |
| impulse |
a sudden wish or desire that makes a person want to do something. |
| infer |
to make a guess based on facts and observations; conclude. |
| mar |
to damage or spoil, especially on the surface or face, but not severely. |
| narrative |
a story, description, or account of events. |
| perspective |
the way things are seen from a particular point of view. |
| presidential |
of or relating to the person or office of a president. |
| stern1 |
firm and determined; not flexible. |
| strait |
a narrow body of water between two larger bodies. |
| thunderous |
producing a sound of or like thunder. |
| vortex |
a whirling mass of fluid, air, or the like, such as a whirlpool, that generates a vacuum in the center toward which things are drawn. |