| array |
a large and impressive set of things; display. |
| commitment |
a pledge or obligation to fulfill an act or function. |
| continuous |
going on without pausing or stopping; not broken. |
| crisis |
the point or moment just before a very important change in one direction or another. |
| cryptic |
difficult to understand; ambiguous or mysterious in meaning. |
| downplay |
to dismiss the significance of; minimize. |
| emphatic |
forceful, determined, or insistent in speech or action. |
| humane |
showing kindness or mercy. |
| intimate |
very warm, friendly, or close. |
| kin |
the members of an extended family together; relatives. |
| occasionally |
at times; now and then; not frequently. |
| parasite |
a plant, animal, or fungus that lives on or in another living thing, called the host. A parasite gets its food and energy from the host organism. |
| prose |
writing or speech in its usual form of a series of sentences. Most language that is not poetry can be described as prose. Novels, short stories, essays, and letters are examples of writing done in prose. |
| purely |
just; absolutely. |
| spawn |
to give rise to or result in; engender. |