abolition |
the act of doing away with or putting an end to; the act of abolishing. |
aggressive |
mean and unfriendly in one's actions; ready to argue or start fights. |
avenge |
to inflict punishment or cause suffering as retribution for. |
degrade |
to bring down from a higher to a lower rank or degree by taking away a position or title. |
demographic |
of or relating to the study of human populations, involving statistical analysis of size, distribution, density, migration, fertility, and the like. |
enroll |
to enlist or sign up officially. |
extremist |
a person who takes a radical stand and encourages radical action or thinking, especially in politics. |
gall1 |
impudence; nerve. |
glutton |
someone who eats an excessive amount, or one who both eats and drinks excessively. |
hierarchy |
a body of persons or entities graded according to rank or level of authority. |
paradigm |
an example, model, pattern, or the like. |
rueful |
feeling, showing, or causing regret or sorrow. |
supposedly |
according to what is believed or said to be true but has not been proven. |
termination |
the act or an instance of ending, or the fact or condition of being ended. |
vector |
a mathematical expression of direction and magnitude, usually represented by an arrow pointing to the particular direction, with a length proportional to the magnitude. |