circumference |
the line that forms the outside edge of a circle or other round figure or area. |
concede |
to admit the truth or justice of. |
concentration |
close attention; focused mental energy. |
deficient |
lacking something needed. |
endow |
to give money or property to. |
enforce |
to put in force; make people obey. |
induction |
the act, process, or result of deriving general principles from particular facts or examples. |
mortgage |
a written agreement by which a bank or other institution agrees to lend money so that one can buy a property. The bank holds a claim to this property until the money is paid back. |
naive |
simple, natural, and unsophisticated; lacking in suspicion. |
overabundance |
an excessive quantity or amount; more than is needed; surfeit. |
prosecutor |
an attorney who tries a case against an accused person in a court of law. |
quantify |
to find or express the number or amount of. |
retain |
to hold or keep. |
turbulent |
marked by episodes of unrest, turmoil, violence, or the like. |
vortex |
a whirling mass of fluid, air, or the like, such as a whirlpool, that generates a vacuum in the center toward which things are drawn. |