| adaptation |
the act or process of changing or adjusting something to fit in a new role or context. |
| adventurous |
willing to take risks in order to find excitement; daring. |
| arsenal |
a building used for storing weapons and ammunition. |
| defect |
a weakness, flaw, or bad quality. |
| diminish |
to make smaller or cause to appear smaller in size or importance. |
| exasperate |
to bother or annoy to the point of causing anger. |
| frank1 |
honest, direct, and open. |
| graft |
to attach as a graft. |
| herald |
a person who conveys or announces official news; messenger. |
| lapse |
a slight failure to meet some accepted standard. |
| mandate |
to require by law or because of a vote of the people. |
| notwithstanding |
in spite of; despite (sometimes used after its object rather than before). |
| palette |
a thin, oval board, with a thumb hole, on which a painter holds and mixes colors. |
| scald |
to burn with or as if with a hot liquid or steam. |
| theory |
a reasonable, widely accepted explanation for why something happens. |