| addict |
a person who depends on something, such as a drug, that is usually harmful and cannot be easily given up. |
| assurance |
a statement meant to give confidence. |
| cultivate |
to make fit for growing plants by plowing, weeding, or adding fertilizer. |
| decree |
an official order or decision by a ruler or government. |
| deprecate |
to disparage or treat as having small value; depreciate. |
| hormone |
a substance made by certain cells in the body. Hormones move around the body in the blood and have effects on certain organs and cells. Hormones help control body processes such as growth. |
| individualize |
to make distinct, unique, or suited to a particular person or thing. |
| mock |
to make fun of in a mean way. |
| neutralize |
to cause to have no effect or become useless. |
| notwithstanding |
in spite of; despite (sometimes used after its object rather than before). |
| secede |
to withdraw from a group or a political union. |
| spokesman |
a man who speaks for one or more other persons. |
| tempt |
to try to get (someone) to do something wrong or not wise by offering or seeming to offer something very desirable. |
| terminal |
found at or forming the end of something. |
| vault2 |
to arrive at a position or accomplish something suddenly, as if with a leap or spring. |