| acquaint |
to introduce or make familiar (usually followed by "with"). |
| characteristic |
something that makes a person or thing different from others. |
| civilization |
an advanced state of development of a society as judged by such things as having a system of government and laws, using a written language, and keeping written records. |
| compact1 |
to pack closely and tightly together. |
| consultant |
someone whose job it is to give advice to others on a particular subject; expert. |
| contemplate |
to look at carefully for a long time. |
| correspondent |
a person who reports news or contributes articles regularly to a newspaper, magazine, TV network, or the like, from a distant area. |
| embargo |
a government order that restricts trade or the shipment of goods. |
| espionage |
the act of spying to collect information. |
| infiltrate |
to enter into in secret. |
| matchless1 |
being unsurpassed; without peer. |
| prognosis |
a forecast of the anticipated course of a disease, especially of the likelihood of recovery. |
| satisfactory |
good enough to meet a need or desire. |
| technique |
the particular method or way of doing or performing something. |
| variation |
the act or process of changing, or the condition of being changeable. |