monumental = enormous

　　manipulated = skillfully used

　　pursue = practice

　　subsistence = survival

　　readily = immediately

　　exploit = pay attention to

　　cycle = repetition

　　diffuse = spread

　　constant = endure

　　extended = gradually

　　complicated = complex

　　distinctive = characteristic

　　duration = length

　　remote = distant

　　seldom = rarely

　　pervasive = widespread

　　hasty = hurried

　　mandated

　　= authority = approval = acceptance

　　= instruction = order = injunction

　　coincide to

　　= correspond to

　　= parallel

　　= conform to

　　= match = equal

　　retain

　　= keep

　　= maintain

　　= sustain

　　scattered = distributed

　　bustling

　　= busy = crowded

　　envious of

　　= jealous