| census |
an official count of the people who live in a country or other area. A census is also used to collect information about these people, such as their job, age, or sex. |
| circuit |
an act of moving or turning around. |
| consume |
to eat; devour. |
| dauntless |
incapable of being discouraged or frightened off; fearless. |
| excessive |
more than is needed or considered fair; not reasonable. |
| frank1 |
honest, direct, and open. |
| glaze |
a shiny coating on pottery. |
| hover |
to stay hanging in the air, often by quick flapping or spinning. |
| integration |
the process of bringing all parts together into a whole. |
| intervention |
the act of interfering so as to prevent something from happening |
| portfolio |
a collection of unbound papers or other printed material, often constituting a sample of one's professional work, intended to be shown to others and transported from place to place in a specially designed case. |
| presentation |
the act of showing or explaining, often to a group of people. |
| purify |
to make clean or pure. |
| quarantine |
the keeping of a person, animal, or thing away from others to stop a disease from spreading. |
| zeal |
great enthusiasm for a person or cause. |