阴影: (and fig.) shadow...
打发: to dispatch sb to do sth, to make sb leave, to pass (the time), (old) to make arrangements, (old) to bestow (alms etc)...
革新: to innovate, innovation...
生长: to grow...
猖狂: savage, furious...
太极: the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology...
发起人: proposer, initiator, founding member...
留学生: student studying abroad, (foreign) exchange student...
找出: to find, to search out...
由衷: heartfelt, sincere, unfeigned...