| acceptance |
the act of accepting something that is given. |
| assertive |
forward or aggressive in speech or action. |
| assumption |
something that is supposed or believed without questioning. For example, if you ask someone whether she is allowed to watch TV during dinner, you have made an assumption that there is a TV in her house. Assumptions are ideas people have that are not based on proven facts. An assumption can be correct or incorrect. |
| comprehensive |
including everything or almost everything; wide in range. |
| excise1 |
a tax levied on the manufacture or sale of certain goods within a nation or state. |
| gluttonous |
inclined to eat excessively; voracious. |
| incidental |
happening or likely to happen concurrently or in connection with something else but as a subordinate or less important element. |
| inseparable |
impossible or difficult to divide or to conceive of apart; tending to remain together. |
| insufficient |
not enough in number, degree, amount, or quality; not sufficient. |
| pedestrian |
a person who is walking. |
| penalize |
to give penalty or punishment to. |
| preliminary |
coming before, so as to prepare for something else. |
| seminar |
a small class at a university, usually for advanced students, for study and discussion. |
| sovereign |
having independent government. |
| temperate |
having neither extremely hot nor extremely cold temperatures and mild weather. |