| assertion |
a declaration or statement, often without support or proof. |
| contingency |
a future event that is possible but not likely. |
| conversion |
the changing of a person's religious beliefs. |
| denounce |
to speak out against. |
| dispense |
to give out in portions; distribute. |
| homicide |
the act of killing another person; murder. |
| indefinite |
not certain, not clear, or not having fixed limits. |
| induction |
the act, process, or result of deriving general principles from particular facts or examples. |
| notwithstanding |
in spite of; despite (sometimes used after its object rather than before). |
| productivity |
the capacity for manufacturing things or doing any work that yields measurable results. |
| prospective |
likely or expected. |
| psychology |
the study or science of the mind and of the ways that people feel and act. |
| rendezvous |
a meeting that has been arranged ahead of time. |
| rueful |
feeling, showing, or causing regret or sorrow. |
| trivial |
not valuable or important; insignificant. |