| cope |
to handle or deal with in a successful way (often followed by "with"). |
| corrupt |
not honest; wicked. |
| cylinder |
a solid figure with a shape similar to that of a can, a round flat cake, or a round tube with closed ends. A cylinder has parallel circular faces joined by one curved face. |
| democrat |
a member of the Democratic Party of the United States. |
| embrace |
an act or instance of holding someone closely in one's arms; hug. |
| insightful |
keenly perceptive. |
| 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. |
| legislature |
a group of people within a government that has the power to make or change laws. |
| peninsula |
a piece of land surrounded on nearly all sides by water. It is connected to a larger body of land by a usually narrow strip of land. |
| procrastinate |
to put off doing something; delay. |
| pry1 |
to be too curious about another person's private life. |
| reactive |
characterized by reaction or response to a stimulus; tending to react. |
| streamline |
to alter so as to make simpler or more efficient, compact, or up-to-date. |
| tolerant |
willing to accept or respect what is different in others, especially their beliefs and customs. |
| unruly |
not easy to restrict; difficult or impossible to control; wild. |