| aghast |
filled with alarm or horror; shocked. |
| caption |
the words that describe a picture or graph in a magazine, book, or newspaper. |
| consultant |
someone whose job it is to give advice to others on a particular subject; expert. |
| dilemma |
a situation that requires a choice between two actions, neither of which will be a good solution. |
| educational |
giving knowledge or skill. |
| elapse |
to go or slip by; pass or come to an end. |
| gale |
a strong wind of about thirty to sixty miles per hour. |
| innovate |
to propose or implement a new method, approach, idea, or the like; make inventive changes. |
| notwithstanding |
in spite of; despite (sometimes used after its object rather than before). |
| policy1 |
a set of rules or a plan that is used as a guide for action. |
| proprietor |
an owner, or group of owners, of a business enterprise, real property, or the like. |
| 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. |
| taxonomy |
in biology, the system of classifying plants and animals by grouping them into categories according to their similarities. |
| transmit |
to send or carry from one person, place, or thing to another. |
| vex |
to annoy or irritate. |