admission |
the price a person must pay to enter. |
cascade |
to fall from one level to the next; flow down like a waterfall. |
concordance |
an alphabetical index of all the main words in a book or in the entire work of an author, listing the contexts in which each word occurs and giving page references for each occurrence. |
conduit |
a channel, ditch, or pipe used to convey water or other liquid. |
convene |
to gather or come together for a meeting. |
devise |
to invent or think out. |
dividend |
the number to be divided by another number in math equations. |
exclusive |
keeping out all others. |
fugitive |
a person who is escaping or running away. |
mastery |
the full grasp of a subject or skill. |
mitigate |
to lessen the force, severity, or impact of. |
recalibrate |
to reset or adjust the scale of (a quantitative measuring instrument or system), usually to maintain a correspondence with a standard. |
scandal |
a reported behavior or event that is illegal or considered morally wrong and which causes strongly negative public reaction. |
shudder |
to tremble or give a sudden shiver. |
visualize |
to form a picture of in the mind. |