| association |
a group of people joined together for a common purpose or by a shared interest. |
| audition |
a performance that tests the ability of an actor, musician, or dancer. |
| background |
all of a person's experience, education, and origins. |
| defender |
someone who believes in and supports a person, plan, idea, or the like. |
| distant |
far away in time or space. |
| effect |
something produced by a cause. |
| groove |
a long narrow cut or dent in a surface. |
| hypnosis |
a condition like sleep that is caused by the direction of another person. People under hypnosis may do or say things as directed or suggested by the person who has put them in this condition. |
| merit |
worth or high quality. |
| shift |
to change one's position, or to move from one place to another. |
| smolder |
to burn slowly and with smoke, but with little or no flame. |
| subject |
the topic of what is said, written, or studied. |
| survey |
the collecting of information on a particular subject from a small portion of the public. |
| twitch |
to move or pull with a quick, sudden motion; jerk. |
| universe |
all matter and energy; all existing things, including the earth and heavens. |