| adolescence |
the period in a person's life between childhood and adulthood. |
| boon |
something that is a help or benefit. |
| continuity |
the quality or state of having no breaks or interruptions. |
| ignorance |
lack of education or information. |
| irregular |
uneven in shape, arrangement, surface, or some other way. |
| jubilee |
a particularly celebrated anniversary, such as the fiftieth, or the celebration itself. |
| naive |
simple, natural, and unsophisticated; lacking in suspicion. |
| noticeable |
easily noticed. |
| offense |
the act of breaking a law or rule or doing something wrong; crime; sin. |
| outbreak |
a sudden breaking out or increase in activity of disease. |
| quarry |
a large open hole or pit dug for mining stone, marble, gravel, or the like. |
| recede |
to move away or back; become more distant. |
| sullen |
silently showing anger. |
| tolerant |
willing to accept or respect what is different in others, especially their beliefs and customs. |
| unearth |
to find or reveal by searching. |