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unflappable
    having or showing calmness in a crisis.
    
    Source: Children of Time - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    diaspora
    the dispersion of any people from their original homeland.
    
    Source: Children of Time - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    
      e.g. Jews
    
    
  halting
    slow and hesitant, esp. through lack of confidence; faltering.
    
    Source: Children of Time - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    brood
    a family of young animals, esp. of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth.
    
    Source: Children of Time - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    skittish
    lively and unpredictable; playful.
    
    Source: Children of Time - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    transcription
    a written or printed representation of something.
    
    Source: Children of Time - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    
      Transcription is the process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA.
    
    
    Usage Example: The *nanovirus* itself is subject to variations in its transcription.?
    
  tranche
    a portion of something, esp. money.
    
    Source: Children of Time - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    Usage Example: ...whole tranches of knowledge.
    
  dissemble
    conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs.
    
    Source: Children of Time - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky