| affirm |
to state or declare as true. |
| appropriation |
the act of taking something as one's own, often without permission. |
| bankrupt |
not able to pay money owed and free by law from having to pay. |
| cognitive |
of, pertaining to, or involving the use of the mind for acquiring knowledge and processing thought. |
| emotional |
having to do with the feelings, including how one feels about oneself in relation to others. |
| endow |
to give money or property to. |
| increasingly |
more and more; to a greater and greater degree. |
| individualize |
to make distinct, unique, or suited to a particular person or thing. |
| pretense |
an act or instance of pretending; sham or fiction. |
| provision |
the act of giving something needed; providing. |
| recommendation |
the act of presenting something as good or as worth doing. |
| rueful |
feeling, showing, or causing regret or sorrow. |
| smug |
confident of or satisfied with oneself to the point of annoying other people; complacent. |
| sovereign |
having independent government. |
| trio |
a group of three people who sing or play musical instruments together. |