| adjunct |
attached or connected but not fully integrated; supplementary; subordinate. |
| assumption |
something that is supposed or believed without questioning. For example, if you ask someone whether she is allowed to watch TV during dinner, you have made an assumption that there is a TV in her house. Assumptions are ideas people have that are not based on proven facts. An assumption can be correct or incorrect. |
| behalf |
support; aid (used with "in" or "on" and followed by "of"). |
| bleak |
bare, cold, or not protected from the weather. |
| bribe |
something promised or given to a person as a way of getting that person to do a certain thing. |
| clarify |
to make easier to understand; make clear. |
| comply |
to do what is asked or demanded; act in agreement with a rule (sometimes followed by "with"). |
| crypt |
a burial chamber or underground vault, especially one beneath a church. |
| cultural |
of or relating to the language, customs, ideas, and art of a particular group of people. |
| genealogy |
a chart or record showing the ancestors and lines of hereditary descent of a person or group; family tree. |
| heartland |
a central land area, especially one considered to be economically, politically, or militarily vital to a nation or region. |
| novelty |
the quality of being new or unusual. |
| quagmire |
an unpleasant situation that is difficult to escape. |
| sullen |
silently showing anger. |
| swelter |
to be afflicted by oppressive heat. |