| bankruptcy |
the legal inability to pay debts. |
| bilingual |
able to speak two languages well. |
| classify |
to put or order into groups of similar things. |
| conquer |
to get or overcome by force. |
| correspondent |
a person who reports news or contributes articles regularly to a newspaper, magazine, TV network, or the like, from a distant area. |
| curator |
one who oversees the activities and tends the collections of a museum, library, or the like. |
| haunt |
to come very often and painfully to the mind or memory of (a person). |
| incidental |
happening or likely to happen concurrently or in connection with something else but as a subordinate or less important element. |
| lax |
not rigorous, strict, or careful; loose; lenient. |
| legislator |
someone who makes laws. |
| manageable |
capable of being handled or controlled. |
| negotiate |
to bargain or come to an agreement with another person. |
| pathology |
the scientific study of the causes, nature, and results of bodily disease. |
| pith |
weightiness, significance, or importance. |
| reduction |
the amount by which a thing has been lessened or reduced. |