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To become greater in size, number, or amount, or to make something greater.

More and more as time passes.

So extraordinary or surprising that it's hard to believe, often used to mean simply amazing.

To an extreme or hard-to-believe degree.

A small increase in the amount, value, or level of something.

To keep eggs warm until they hatch, or to allow something to develop gradually over time.

To teach or fix an idea, habit, or attitude in someone's mind through repeated instruction.

A person who currently holds a particular official position, especially a political office.

Used to emphasize or confirm that something is true.

Never getting tired, especially when working hard toward a goal.

Freedom from being controlled or ruled by another country, person, or authority.

Not controlled or influenced by other people or things, and able to manage on your own.

The factor in an experiment that a researcher deliberately changes to see what effect it has.

Not exactly known, fixed, or decided.

An alphabetical list at the back of a book that shows where topics can be found.

A way of writing repeated multiplication of the same number using a small raised number to show how many times it's multiplied.

To point out or show something, often as a sign of something else.

Serving as a sign of something, suggesting what is likely true; also, in grammar, the verb form used for stating facts.

Originating naturally in a particular place or region, rather than arriving from somewhere else.

The original inhabitants of a region or country, whose ancestors lived there before colonisation or settlement by others.

The legal and human rights specifically recognized as belonging to native or original peoples of a region.

Extremely poor, lacking basic necessities.

Anger caused by something that seems unfair or wrong.

A deep blue-purple color, between blue and violet.

Not going straight to the point, or not following the most direct route.

A single person, considered separately from a group.

To repeatedly teach someone a set of beliefs so that they accept them uncritically.

Lazy, avoiding effort or activity whenever possible.

Impossible to defeat or discourage.

Located, happening, or used inside a building rather than outside.

Inside a building rather than outside.

To persuade someone to do something, or to cause a particular state or condition.

Caused or brought about by a particular action or condition, rather than occurring naturally on its own.

A voltage generated in a conductor when it experiences a changing magnetic field.

The process of formally introducing someone into a job, organization, or position, or a method of reasoning from specific examples to a general conclusion.

A method of proof that shows something is true for a starting case, then shows that if it holds for one case it must hold for the next, establishing it for every case.

A method of reasoning that draws a general conclusion from specific observations, without guaranteeing certainty.

Relating to industry, especially manufacturing and factories.

The process by which a country or region develops large-scale industry and factory production.

Hardworking and diligent.

The production of goods, or a particular branch of economic activity.

Too great or intense to be described in words.

Lacking skill or ability to do something properly.

An unfair difference between people or groups in wealth, opportunity, or status.

Unfairness, especially in the way resources or opportunities are distributed.

Not moving or active, or, in chemistry, not reacting with other substances.

The tendency of an object to stay still or keep moving the same way unless a force acts on it, or more generally, a resistance to change.

Certain to happen and impossible to avoid.