| anesthesia |
a drug or other agent used to bring about unconsciousness or absence of pain. |
| authorize |
to give official permission to; allow or approve. |
| cognition |
the mental acts or processes by which knowledge is acquired or processed. |
| continental |
of or pertaining to the whole of one of the major land masses, such as Europe or South America. |
| corrective |
for the purposes of making right; remedial or rectifying. |
| delinquent |
neglectful of a duty or guilty of an offense or violation of the law. |
| dividend |
the number to be divided by another number in math equations. |
| epic |
having to do with a long poem that tells the story of a hero or heroine. |
| excise1 |
a tax levied on the manufacture or sale of certain goods within a nation or state. |
| innovate |
to propose or implement a new method, approach, idea, or the like; make inventive changes. |
| prevail |
to emerge as dominant (often followed by "over"). |
| relent |
to become less harsh or less strict. |
| solitude |
the condition of living or being by oneself. |
| spawn |
to give rise to or result in; engender. |
| superb |
of the finest kind or quality. |