| anatomy |
the parts of a living thing and how they fit together. |
| 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. |
| burial |
the act of putting a dead body underground or in the sea. |
| cockpit |
the area from which the pilot and crew control an airplane. |
| concordance |
an alphabetical index of all the main words in a book or in the entire work of an author, listing the contexts in which each word occurs and giving page references for each occurrence. |
| consequence |
that which follows; result. |
| dwindle |
to become or cause to become gradually smaller or less until almost nothing remains; shrink. |
| gall1 |
impudence; nerve. |
| merely |
nothing more than; simply; only. |
| odyssey |
an extended, wandering journey of adventure or quest. |
| partition |
a wall or partial wall that separates or divides space. |
| questionnaire |
a form that asks for one's opinions about something or for small pieces of information about oneself or one's household. |
| reasonable |
using good sense and clear thinking. |
| satisfactory |
good enough to meet a need or desire. |
| transcontinental |
going or reaching across a continent. |