| aquatic |
of or taking place on the water. |
| construct |
to build; put together. |
| convict |
to find guilty of a crime. |
| drone2 |
to talk in a boring voice without changing one's tone. |
| embroil |
to involve in conflict. |
| ethnic |
of or relating to a group of people who share the same culture, race, or nationality. |
| gripe |
(informal) to complain continually; nag; grumble. |
| incidence |
the frequency with which something happens or the range over which it occurs. |
| outrageous |
extremely wrong or harmful. |
| plaintiff |
one who initiates a lawsuit against another. (Cf. defendant.) |
| relevance |
connection or importance to the matter in question; pertinence. |
| respectively |
in the order that two or more people or things have been named. |
| rivet |
a metal bolt that pins metal plates or other objects together. |
| suffrage |
the right to vote or the exercise of this right. |
| taut |
tightly drawn, pulled, or stretched; not loose. |