| acknowledge |
to admit the truth or existence of. |
| aggressive |
mean and unfriendly in one's actions; ready to argue or start fights. |
| amid |
among or surrounded by. |
| circumference |
the line that forms the outside edge of a circle or other round figure or area. |
| depression |
a state of deep sadness or hopelessness that can persist for months or years and is not necessarily triggered by any particular external events. |
| derivative |
copied, modeled on, or extracted from something else. |
| hardheaded |
not easily moved, manipulated, or duped; shrewd; pragmatic. |
| obligate |
to make someone do something because of a law or moral principle. |
| revise |
to change or make different. |
| standardize |
to cause to conform to a model or rules. |
| stealth |
secretive, surreptitious, or covert movement or procedure; sneakiness; furtiveness. |
| synthetic |
made with chemicals formed in a laboratory instead of something found in nature; man-made; artificial. |
| taut |
tightly drawn, pulled, or stretched; not loose. |
| tempt |
to try to get (someone) to do something wrong or not wise by offering or seeming to offer something very desirable. |
| writhe |
to twist and turn the body as in pain, discomfort, struggle, or embarrassment; squirm. |