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A list of sources on a topic, each followed by a short paragraph summarizing or evaluating it.

To tell people about something officially or publicly.

A public statement giving information about something.

To make someone feel slightly angry or impatient, often through repeated behavior.

Feeling slightly angry because something has irritated you.

Causing mild anger or irritation.

Happening once every year.

The percentage by which something, such as a population or an economy, increases over the course of a year.

To officially cancel something, especially a marriage or law, so that it has no legal effect.

The electrode in a battery or electrical device where electric current flows in, usually marked as positive in a battery.

Something that soothes pain or calms distress, especially used to avoid controversy.

To pour or rub oil on someone as part of a religious ceremony, or to formally choose someone for a role.

Something that deviates from what is normal or expected.

Without a name known or given, so the identity stays hidden.

One more, or a different one, of the same kind.

A response given to a question, or the solution to a problem.

A small insect that lives in large, organised colonies underground.

Active hostility or opposition between people or groups.

A character in a story who opposes the main character, often creating the story's central conflict.

To deliberately make someone feel angry or hostile toward you.

A long-nosed mammal that eats ants and termites using its long, sticky tongue.

Something that came before and led to or influenced a later thing or event.

Extremely old-fashioned or outdated, often used humorously to exaggerate how behind the times something is.

A fast, slender wild animal with horns, related to deer and cattle, found mainly in Africa.

A thin metal rod that sends or receives radio or television signals, or one of the feelers on an insect's head.

A song of loyalty or celebration, especially one representing a country, or a song that becomes closely associated with a cause.

The part of a flower's stamen that produces and holds pollen.

A published collection of writings, such as poems or short stories, usually by different authors.

The proposed current geological age, defined by the significant impact human activity has had on the Earth's climate and environment.

The belief or assumption that human beings are the most important element of existence, often used to critique how humans treat nature.

The scientific study of human societies, cultures, and their development over time.

Giving human characteristics, such as emotions or speech, to animals or objects.

A medicine that kills or stops the growth of bacteria in the body.

The ability of bacteria to survive exposure to drugs that would normally kill them.

Medicines used to kill bacteria or stop them from spreading in the body.

To expect something before it happens and prepare for it.

Substances that the immune system recognizes as foreign and responds to by producing antibodies.

A strong feeling of dislike toward someone or something.

Old-fashioned and no longer suited to modern needs.

Ancient times, especially the periods of Greek and Roman history, or great age.

Preventing infection by killing harmful bacteria, or overly clean and lacking warmth.

The exact opposite of something, or a rhetorical device that places two contrasting ideas side by side.

Completely opposed to or the direct opposite of something.

One of the branching, bony growths on the head of a deer or similar animal.

A word that means the opposite of another word.

A heavy iron block on which a blacksmith hammers and shapes hot metal.

A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, often about something that might happen.