Mentality: mind to conceal: to hide to converse

age: era, epoch

to compel: to force

to exchange: to swap

to take up: to begin

tolerance: patience

trivial: insignificant

to spark: to start, to kindle

to share: to go halves, to portion

to deprive: to take away, to deny

to require: to necessitate, to involve

aboard: on board, on (the ship, train, bus)

ally: friend, partner

to sour : to spoil

coincidence: chance, luck

to thin: to weaken

to intersect: to meet, to overlap

plot: plan, scheme

clockwise: (moving) in the direction taken by the hands of a clock

counterclockwise: (moving) in the direction opposite to that taken by the hands of a clock

wise: intelligent, clever

heroine: leading actress

case: legal action, suit

imagery: images

sculpture: statue, monument

solid: hard, concrete

climax: event of greatest interest

court: place where law-cases are held

to admit: to acknowledge, to confess

above all: in particular, most of all

to rape: to force sexual intercourse on

worth: giving a satisfactory, rewarding return for

infant: baby

to satisfy: to meet, to fulfill

in the course of: during, throughout

tender age: young age

to be deprived of: to be without

to mistreat: to abuse, to maltreat

to run the risk: to risk

to bring up: to raise, to educate

unaffectionate: not showing love

stimulation: motivation

tactile: related to the sense of touching, tangible

adoption: taking somebody to one's family as a relation

orphanage: home for those who lost one or both of his parents.

to contribute : to add to

to multiply: to increase, to reproduce

monk: priest

nun: holly woman

sect: cult

pious: religious

to beg: to ask

deterioration: worsening, decline

eventually: finally

impact: effect, shock, blow

to forbid: to ban, to prohibit

down payment: first installment

magician: wizard, conjurer

to last: to survive, to endure

to barge into : to enter, to make one's way in

in search of : looking for

instantly: at once, immediately

second-hand: not new

horrendous: terrible, awful

to scrape together: to obtain with effort

to desert: to leave, abandon

spot: location

to scramble up: to climb

odd : strange

angle: position, perspective

niche: place

to limp: to walk lamely

sloping: leaning

to anchor: to moor

deformity: abnormality, defect

junk: litter

to moor: to make (a boat, ship etc) secure to (ground or buoys) by means of cables etc., to anchor

to hassle : to annoy, to disturb, to pester

worthwhile: meaningful, useful

motive: reason, drive

to turn down: to refuse, to reject

tact: skill, delicacy

conflict: argument, quarrel

recipient: receiver

to save face: to avoid losing one's dignity

to compliment: to praise, to flatter

to hassle : to annoy, to disturb, to pester

worthwhile: meaningful, useful

motive: reason, drive

to turn down: to refuse, to reject

tact: skill, delicacy

conflict: argument, quarrel

recipient: receiver

to save face: to avoid losing one's dignity

to compliment: to praise, to flatter

to unpack: to take out, to empty

to lay: to put

proprietor: owner

to furnish with : to put furniture in

to oblige: to force

to construct: to build

permanently: continuously, constantly

to ship: to transport

warehouse: store, stockroom

to knock down: to destroy, to pull down

to daunt: to scare, to intimidate

pace: speed

to load: to put in, to fill, to pack

to rival: to compete, to vie

decade: a period of ten years

to alter: to change

to surpass: to excel, to exceed

progenitors: ancestor

to assemble: to put together

to render: to make, to cause to be

to grow accustomed: to become used to

to advance: to move forward, to progress

to dismiss: to set aside, to think no more of

software: program essential to the operation of computers