| analysis |
a careful study of the parts of something in order to understand more about the whole. |
| dictator |
a ruler who has total authority. |
| dynamic |
full of energy and strength; lively; active. |
| exert |
to use or put into action; apply. |
| extensive |
reaching or extending very far. |
| ghetto |
a part of a town or city in which people of a particular race or religion are forced by law to live. |
| hazy |
marked or clouded by haze; misty. |
| notwithstanding |
in spite of; despite (sometimes used after its object rather than before). |
| outbreak |
a sudden breaking out or increase in activity of disease. |
| prescribe |
to order or suggest as a medicine. |
| reflex |
having to do with a response or reaction that is automatic and not controlled by conscious thought. |
| scoff |
to laugh at, mock, or criticize scornfully (often followed by "at"). |
| sequence |
a pattern or process in which one thing follows another. |
| speculate |
to make guesses or wonder about something (often followed by "on" or "about"). |
| successor |
a person or thing that comes after or follows another. |