seek: look for. (S.p./p.p. : sought) allocate: give sth officially for a particular purpose. aim to do sth: intend or hope to achieve sth. launch: begin an activity, especially an organized one. dignified: calm and serious and deserving respect. merely: only; simply. devote: give an amount; dedicate. emphasize: give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing. (noun: emphasis- plural: emphases/adjective: emphatic/adverb: emphatically) to shun (-nn-): avoid sb/sth : (She has shunned publicity since she retired from the theatre.) subsequently: happening after sth else; afterwards. denigrate: criticize unfairly; disparage. (noun: disparagement/adj: disparaging/adv: disparagingly) content: satisfied; happy; cheerful; glad. intellect: power of the mind to reason; the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract or academic matters. withdraw: retreat from. consciousness: awareness.