| arrears |
the state of being delinquent in the payment of financial obligations (usually preceded by "in"). |
| corrugate |
to shape or bend or become shaped or bent into parallel, wavelike ridges and grooves. |
| debit |
an amount of money taken out of or owed on an account, or the record of that amount. |
| delicacy |
something delightful or rare, especially food. |
| exuberance |
the condition or quality of being vigorously happy or high-spirited. |
| jabber |
to speak or make sounds like speech, quickly or at length, but without making much sense or creating much interest in the listener; babble. |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| montage |
the technique of juxtaposing or superimposing images in a photograph or on motion picture film. |
| naturalistic |
exhibiting or pertaining to naturalism. |
| propaganda |
information or opinions that are made public to promote or attack a movement, cause, or person. |
| proscribe |
to make illegal or prohibit. |
| self-determination |
the ability or freedom of a people to decide their own form of government. |
| terse |
effectively brief and to the point; concise; pithy. |
| tussle |
to fight or struggle roughly or energetically; scuffle. |
| untested |
not having been tried or used in a way that would prove or disprove effectiveness or validity. |