| amend |
to change or add to a law, contract, or other document. |
| bankrupt |
not able to pay money owed and free by law from having to pay. |
| convex |
having a surface or edge that curves outward like the outside of a ball. |
| fanatic |
a person who is enthusiastic about something in a way that is extreme or not reasonable. |
| jeer |
to remark in a loud, mocking, abusive manner. |
| penalty |
a punishment given for breaking a law, rule, or agreement. |
| personnel |
all of the people who work for a business or other organization. |
| predatory |
living on the flesh of other animals. |
| proportion |
a part of a whole. |
| regulator |
a person or thing that keeps an activity or action to a certain standard or set of laws. |
| replication |
the repeating of an experiment under the original conditions. |
| resolve |
to decide firmly and sincerely to do something or that something shall be done. |
| utility |
the quality or condition of being useful; usefulness. |
| yoke |
a pair of draft animals joined by this device. |
| zest |
a sense of great pleasure or enjoyment. |