| anesthesia |
a drug or other agent used to bring about unconsciousness or absence of pain. |
| cryptic |
difficult to understand; ambiguous or mysterious in meaning. |
| cylinder |
a solid figure with a shape similar to that of a can, a round flat cake, or a round tube with closed ends. A cylinder has parallel circular faces joined by one curved face. |
| doom |
an event or end that one cannot escape; fate; destiny. |
| enlist |
to sign up to serve in the military or in some cause. |
| humiliate |
to cause to lose pride or feel ashamed; embarrass. |
| inattention |
lack of attentiveness; neglect. |
| indefinite |
not certain, not clear, or not having fixed limits. |
| intrigue |
to draw the strong interest of; puzzle; fascinate. |
| literacy |
the state of being able to read or write. |
| malaria |
a serious disease carried by mosquitoes that causes chills, fever, and sweating. |
| optimist |
one who usually or in a specific instance expects a good outcome. (Cf. pessimist.) |
| preventive |
made to get in the way of or to block something. |
| temperate |
having neither extremely hot nor extremely cold temperatures and mild weather. |
| temptation |
the condition of being lured or enticed by the possibility of pleasure to do something unwise or wrong. |