| ancestry |
line of descent; lineage. |
| attire |
to dress up in fancy clothes. |
| encompass |
to surround or enclose. |
| espionage |
the act of spying to collect information. |
| excerpt |
a short section taken from a play, film, or written work. |
| explanatory |
serving to clarify or account for. |
| extinction |
the act or process of becoming or making extinct. |
| indicator |
a person or thing that points to or signals something. |
| memorable |
easily remembered; distinct or exceptional. |
| motive |
an idea, need, desire, or impulse that causes a person to act in a particular way or do a particular thing; reason. |
| preside |
to act as the one in charge. |
| recur |
to happen again or over and over. |
| spawn |
to give rise to or result in; engender. |
| stabilization |
the process of making or becoming steady or even, and keeping at a certain level or degree. |
| undergraduate |
a college or university student who has not yet earned a degree. |