| advocacy |
the giving of support to an idea, person, or cause. |
| animate |
to bring to life. |
| crucial |
very important; deciding the success or failure of something. |
| cryptic |
difficult to understand; ambiguous or mysterious in meaning. |
| deflate |
to cause to shrink or collapse by letting out air or gas. |
| developmental |
of or having to do with how someone or something grows and evolves from the earliest stages. |
| equate |
to make or consider to be equal or equivalent. |
| forecast |
a guess or estimate about something that will happen in the future. |
| hormone |
a substance made by certain cells in the body. Hormones move around the body in the blood and have effects on certain organs and cells. Hormones help control body processes such as growth. |
| indignant |
feeling or showing anger about something considered to be unfair or without value. |
| intervention |
the act of interfering so as to prevent something from happening |
| perceive |
to become aware of through the senses. |
| retail |
having to do with the selling of goods directly to those who will use them. |
| sophistication |
the quality or condition of having worldly knowledge, elegant refinement, or technological complexity. |
| tranquillity |
the condition or quality of being peaceful, untroubled, or calm; serenity. |