v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
accurate
a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement
announce
v. make something known or tell people about something officially; proclaim
anxious
a. worried and nervous; uneasy about an uncertain event or matter
approach
n. access; method
approval
n. official approbation; endorsement; act of approving
approximate
v. come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near
argument
n. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
avoid
v. shield away from; prevent
briskly
ad. in a brisk manner
cease
v. stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
claim
n. demand for something as rightful or due
conclude
v. enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
conflict
n. fight; struggle; incompatibility of dates or events
consistent
a. being in agreement with itself; always behaving or happening in a similar
context
n. circumstance
convince
v. overpower; force to yield assent to truth; satisfy by proof; prove guilty
culture
n. all the knowledge and values shared by a society ; foster; raising of plants or animals
decade
n. a group of ten, especially a period of ten years
dissatisfied
a. in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
dominate
v. monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in
drowsy
a. dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
edible
a. eatable; substance that can be used as food
effortless
a. requiring or apparently requiring no effort
equivalent
a. interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
escalate
v. rise; increase in extent or intensity
establish
v. set up or found; build
evaluate
v. judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something
evidence
n. something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
exhaust
n. gases ejected from an engine as waste products ; use up the whole supply of
expansion
n. growth; extent or amount by which something has expanded
expectation
n. anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
explain
v. make clear the reason of
express
v. put thought into words; utter or state
extend
v. add to something in order to make it bigger or longer
familiar
a. well known or easily recognized
frequent
v. do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
gigantic
a. exceedingly large; huge; very large or extensive
gist
n. most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; central idea
glare
n. light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
harsh
a. rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
heroic
a. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation; of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
hesitate
v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
hilarious
a. by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry
historic
a. having importance or significance in history; belonging to the past; historical
horizontal
a. flat; level; parallel to or in a base line
hostile
a. unfriendly and not liking something; showing the disposition of an enemy
huddle
v. crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
identify
v. establish or indicate who or what is; find out
illegible
a. incapable of being read because of being unclear
immigrate
v. move into another country to stay there permanently
influence
n. power affecting person or thing; effect of one thing on another; flowing in or upon; influx
investigate
v. explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically
navigate
v. steer; direct; follow a planned course on, across, or through
opposed
a. having an opponent; averse of
ordinary
a. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; lacking special distinction, rank, or status
passage
n. the act of passing from one state or place to the next
persuade
v. advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; convince
primary
a. of first rank or importance or value; essential or basic
recently
ad. in the recent past
reference
n. act of referring or consulting; remark that calls attention to something or someone
review
v. study again something, in preparation for an exam, practice to refresh memory
revolt
v. organize opposition to authority; make revolution
scarce
a. hard to find; absent or rare; limited
significant
a. fairly large; important in effect or meaning
source
n. point of origin, such as spring, of stream or river; one that causes, creates, or initiates
summarize
v. give a brief statement of the main points of something
superior
a. greater rank or quality than other people or things of the same type; excellent
tension
n. action of stretching something tight; anxiety; feelings of hostility
tolerate
v. endure; withstand; allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit
tremble
v. shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder