| acronym |
a word formed by putting together the first letters or parts of a series of words in a longer phrase. |
| collaborative |
characterized by or resulting from the activity of people or organizations working together for a common purpose. |
| contemporary |
happening in or belonging to the same period of time. |
| 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. |
| entrepreneur |
someone who assumes the financial risk of beginning and operating one or several businesses. |
| haphazard |
having no order; without aim or purpose. |
| innovator |
one who proposes or implements new methods, ideas, products, and the like. |
| interact |
to respond to one another in a social situation. |
| judicial |
having to do with judges, law courts, or their activities. |
| portent |
a sign of something important, and often disastrous, that is about to occur; omen. |
| psychologist |
a person who is trained in and works in psychology. |
| simulation |
something that imitates or resembles, or the fact of resemblance itself. |
| solitude |
the condition of living or being by oneself. |
| startling |
causing one to move suddenly or involuntarily because loud, sudden, or unexpected. |
| taxonomy |
in biology, the system of classifying plants and animals by grouping them into categories according to their similarities. |