| analysis |
a careful study of the parts of something in order to understand more about the whole. |
| bribe |
something promised or given to a person as a way of getting that person to do a certain thing. |
| cavity |
a hollow place or hole. |
| compress |
to press into less space; squeeze closely together. |
| crisis |
the point or moment just before a very important change in one direction or another. |
| distort |
to twist out of shape; change the way a thing looks or acts. |
| dividend |
the number to be divided by another number in math equations. |
| ornamental |
of or pertaining to decoration; decorative. |
| rebirth |
a major recurrence, as of a phenomenon; revival. |
| replication |
the repeating of an experiment under the original conditions. |
| respectively |
in the order that two or more people or things have been named. |
| segment |
one of the parts into which something is or can be separated. |
| subsist |
to stay alive or obtain the necessities of life (usually followed by "on"). |
| theory |
a reasonable, widely accepted explanation for why something happens. |
| ultimate |
last or farthest in a progression; final. |