| acronym |
a word formed by putting together the first letters or parts of a series of words in a longer phrase. |
| barter |
to trade services or things for other services or things without using money. |
| brood |
to think or worry a lot about a single subject (usually followed by "on" or "over"). |
| congregate |
to bring or come together to form a group; gather. |
| domain |
the land owned or under the control of a single ruler or government. |
| evacuate |
to leave or to empty of people for safety reasons. |
| expectation |
the act of waiting for or looking forward to. |
| export |
the act of sending goods to another country to sell. |
| hence |
from this moment; from now. |
| hierarchical |
organized by rank or level. |
| pact |
an agreement or a sworn promise. |
| passive |
receiving an action without acting in return, or not responding to something that might affect one. |
| prospective |
likely or expected. |
| replication |
the repeating of an experiment under the original conditions. |
| swoon |
to lose consciousness; faint. |