a detailed critical inspection | a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged |
a room used for reading and writing and studying | the act of wetting something by submerging it |
preliminary drawing for later elaboration | complete attention; intense mental effort |
attentive consideration and meditation | sinking until covered completely with water |
a branch of knowledge | (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse |
applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) | |
a state of deep mental absorption | |
a written document describing the findings of some individual or group | |
a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique | |
someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play) | |