assassin n.
- N-COUNT An assassin is a person who assassinates someone.
maim vt./n.
- VERB To maim someone means to injure them so badly that part of their body is permanently damaged.
contrite adj.
- ADJ-GRADED If you are contrite, you are very sorry because you have done something wrong.
haystack n.
- N-COUNT A haystack is a large, solid pile of hay, often covered with a straw roof to protect it, which is left in the field until it is needed.
- PHARSE If you are trying to find something and say that it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, you mean that you very unlikely indeed to find it.
immigrant n./adj.
- N-COUNT An immigrant is a person who has come to live in a country from some other country.
ethnology n.
- the scientific study and comparison of different races of people.
simultaneously adv.
aristocrat n.
- N-COUNT An aristocrat is someone whose family has a high social rank, especially someone who has a title.
salinity n.
saline adj.
- ADJ A saline substance or liquid contains salt.
memetor n./abbr.
- N-COUNT A meteor is a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the earth's atmosphere from space.