| abroad |
in or to a country that is not one's own. |
| administration |
the people in charge of taking care of or managing something as a group. |
| assumption |
something that is supposed or believed without questioning. For example, if you ask someone whether she is allowed to watch TV during dinner, you have made an assumption that there is a TV in her house. Assumptions are ideas people have that are not based on proven facts. An assumption can be correct or incorrect. |
| certainty |
the state of being sure or confident. |
| contingency |
a future event that is possible but not likely. |
| depression |
a state of deep sadness or hopelessness that can persist for months or years and is not necessarily triggered by any particular external events. |
| diagnosis |
the act or process of finding out the nature of an illness or injury by examining its signs and symptoms. |
| endow |
to give money or property to. |
| preach |
to give a talk on religion that is used to teach; give a sermon. |
| presume |
to take for granted; assume. |
| 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. |
| reliance |
the act of relying or depending. |
| revival |
the act or process of renewing or reviving. |
| revolt |
to rise up and fight against the government or other authority; rebel. |
| unoriginal |
not new or inventive; derived or copied from something else. |