| adventurous |
willing to take risks in order to find excitement; daring. |
| ajar |
partly opened. |
| criticize |
to judge what is good or bad in. |
| deflate |
to cause to shrink or collapse by letting out air or gas. |
| deform |
to damage the shape or form of. |
| discard |
to throw out or away; cast off. |
| excise1 |
a tax levied on the manufacture or sale of certain goods within a nation or state. |
| fictional |
existing only in a made-up story and not existing in real life. |
| insider |
one with privileged knowledge or access to it. |
| latency |
the state of being present but not yet apparent, developed, or operative. |
| refine |
to make pure or fine. |
| refuge |
a place that protects from danger or difficulty. |
| sheer |
thin or fine enough to see through. |
| tyranny |
a government in which a single person rules absolutely and in a cruel way. |
| vault2 |
to arrive at a position or accomplish something suddenly, as if with a leap or spring. |