| administrative |
of or pertaining to matters of management or to people involved in the daily running of institutions or businesses. |
| approximation |
an estimate; guess. |
| compound |
made up of two or more parts or elements. |
| convention |
a formal meeting or gathering where people discuss shared interests. |
| flux |
a state of continuous change or movement. |
| inhibition |
the condition of being held back or prevented from acting, as by one's own fear or embarrassment. |
| motherly |
of or like a female parent. |
| preliminary |
coming before, so as to prepare for something else. |
| pun |
a humorous play on words based on two words that are close in sound but different in meaning. |
| regulate |
to control by rules or a method. |
| retain |
to hold or keep. |
| tendency |
the fact of being likely to act in some way. |
| verge |
the border or edge of something. |
| waver1 |
to move back and forth in a fluttering motion; sway. |
| withhold |
to hold back; control. |