| bilingual |
able to speak two languages well. |
| causal |
being or involving a cause. |
| commend |
to speak of with praise for some act or service. |
| crusade |
(often capitalized) any of the wars between European Catholics and Middle Eastern Muslims between 1095 and 1291. During these wars, the Catholics tried to take territory away from the Muslims. |
| deduce |
to draw (a conclusion) by reasoning from given information or general principles. |
| demographic |
of or relating to the study of human populations, involving statistical analysis of size, distribution, density, migration, fertility, and the like. |
| dingy |
dirty or not cared for well. |
| distinctive |
serving to set apart or mark as distinct or unusual. |
| metropolitan |
having to do with a large city and the communities around it. |
| onward |
toward a point or position ahead in space or time. |
| prestigious |
highly esteemed. |
| similarity |
the state or quality of being similar; resemblance. |
| statistic |
a piece of numerical information. |
| subsist |
to stay alive or obtain the necessities of life (usually followed by "on"). |
| thereafter |
following that; from then on. |