| adolescent |
a person who is changing from a child to an adult; teenager. |
| conquest |
the act or process of overcoming or defeating. |
| desolate |
without the things that are necessary or desirable for life. |
| dissatisfy |
to fail to meet the expectations of; disappoint. |
| diversion |
an act or instance of turning aside. |
| famine |
a great lack of food over a wide area. |
| fluctuation |
unsteadiness; vacillation. |
| jeer |
to remark in a loud, mocking, abusive manner. |
| naive |
simple, natural, and unsophisticated; lacking in suspicion. |
| similarly |
in the same way or in the same amount. |
| speculate |
to make guesses or wonder about something (often followed by "on" or "about"). |
| squander |
to spend or expend (money, time, or effort) wastefully. |
| startling |
causing one to move suddenly or involuntarily because loud, sudden, or unexpected. |
| thereby |
as a result of that; by that means. |
| unpredictable |
not able to be known beforehand. |