| behavioral |
of or concerning the actions and reactions of a group, person, animal, or thing. |
| bribe |
something promised or given to a person as a way of getting that person to do a certain thing. |
| chaos |
a state, condition, or place of complete confusion or disorder. |
| chronicle |
an account of events, told in the order in which those events took place. |
| crisis |
the point or moment just before a very important change in one direction or another. |
| cylinder |
a solid figure with a shape similar to that of a can, a round flat cake, or a round tube with closed ends. A cylinder has parallel circular faces joined by one curved face. |
| dilute |
to make thinner or weaker by adding a liquid. |
| encounter |
a brief, chance meeting. |
| inanimate |
not having or showing the characteristics associated with life; lifeless. |
| inspire |
to arouse feelings of exaltation in. |
| lexicon |
the set of terms used by an individual, a particular group, or a profession; vocabulary. |
| replica |
a duplication or copy, especially one smaller than the original. |
| selfless |
having or showing an unselfish lack of concern for oneself and one's interests. |
| sophistication |
the quality or condition of having worldly knowledge, elegant refinement, or technological complexity. |
| thwart |
to hinder, oppose, or frustrate. |