| aspiration |
a goal, aim, or ambition. |
| assumption |
something that is supposed or believed without questioning. For example, if you ask someone whether she is allowed to watch TV during dinner, you have made an assumption that there is a TV in her house. Assumptions are ideas people have that are not based on proven facts. An assumption can be correct or incorrect. |
| avenge |
to inflict punishment or cause suffering as retribution for. |
| baroque |
(often capitalized) the style or period in art, music, and architecture prevailing in Europe following the Renaissance, characterized by bold and elaborate forms of ornamentation. |
| berserk |
violently enraged; wildly destructive. |
| compound |
made up of two or more parts or elements. |
| 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. |
| dissent |
to disagree with an opinion or belief held by many others. |
| encase |
to enclose. |
| hue |
a particular color, such as sky blue; shade. |
| mimic |
to copy or imitate. |
| optimism |
the belief that things will turn out well or that there is always hope for something good to happen. |
| quirk |
an odd personal trait; idiosyncrasy. |
| utility |
the quality or condition of being useful; usefulness. |
| variable |
something that can change or that has no fixed value. |