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SECTION I (Chapters 1-11) * Legacy:

* Trolley: A small truck or car operating on a track.

* Trestle: (n.) A horizontal beam or bar held up by two pairs of legs and is used as a support.

* Musicale: (n.) A program of music performed at a party or a social gathering.

* Theory: (n.) A set of statements or principles to explain a group of facts, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions.

* Obvious: (adj.) Easily perceived or understood, apparent.

* Infamous: (adj.) Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious.

* Suffice: (v.) To meet present needs or requirements; be sufficient.

* Emanations: (n.) The act or an instance of emanating.

* Mirage: (n.) An optical phenomenon that creates the illusion of something that does not exist. (mirage of water)

* Hallucination: (n.) Perception of a visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory experience without an external stimulus and with a compelling sense or their reality.

* Samaritan: (n.) A native inhabitant of Samaria.

* Phantom: (n.) Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or an apparition. (Something elusive or delusive)

* Stupefied: (

* Pandemonium: (n.) A very noisy place; wild uproar or noise.

* Lumbered: (v.tr.) To cut down trees and prepare as marketable lumber.

* Finicky: (adj.) Insisting on getting what one wants – difficulty to please (EX: finicky eater)

SECTION II (Chapters 12-21)

* Hemisphere: (n.) A half of a sphere bounded by a great circle.

* Storm: (n.) An atmospheric disturbance manifested in strong winds accompanied by rain, snow, or other precipitation and often by thunder and lightning.

* Allergy: (n.) An abnormally high sensitivity to certain substances, such as pollens, foods, or microorganisms. Common indication of allergy

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