| borne |
past participle of "bear1" with meaning connected with carrying, supporting, or enduring. |
| futile |
unlikely to produce or incapable of producing a desired result; ineffective; useless. |
| inaugurate |
to start or cause to start formally. |
| incentive |
something that makes a person want to work or do something. |
| indirect |
not in a straight line, course, or route. |
| irk |
to annoy, irritate, or exasperate. |
| ongoing |
continuing from sometime in the past into the present. |
| optimist |
one who usually or in a specific instance expects a good outcome. (Cf. pessimist.) |
| overcome |
to win against or defeat; to get over or past. |
| oversight |
a lack of paying attention to what one is doing. |
| practical |
having to do with real life and experience rather than theory. |
| proclamation |
the act of announcing to the public, or something that is said for the public to hear. |
| prolong |
to add length to or make last longer. |
| solitude |
the condition of living or being by oneself. |
| spatial |
of, relating to, or occurring in space. |