| acute |
sharp; severe. |
| confer |
to give or award. |
| guidance |
the act of guiding. |
| imprison |
to put or keep in a prison. |
| instinct |
natural behavior in an animal that is not taught by parents or experience but is simply part of what an animal is born with. |
| macho |
embodying or demonstrating a conception of masculinity emphasizing strength, assertiveness, and dominance. |
| missionary |
a person who is sent by a church or religious order to a foreign country to teach, convert, heal, or serve. |
| pith |
weightiness, significance, or importance. |
| possibility |
something that might happen. |
| productivity |
the capacity for manufacturing things or doing any work that yields measurable results. |
| rave |
to talk with much enthusiasm; praise. |
| recommendation |
the act of presenting something as good or as worth doing. |
| regulation |
a rule or law that controls or directs people's actions. |
| restraint |
the act or process of holding oneself back or holding another back. |
| universal |
of, having to do with, or characteristic of the whole world or the world's population. |