| cameo |
a stone carved so as to leave a slightly raised image of one color and a background of another, often worn as jewelry. |
| chronicle |
an account of events, told in the order in which those events took place. |
| degradation |
the act or process of bringing down or lowering in character or moral purpose. |
| desirable |
sexually attractive. |
| diagnosis |
the act or process of finding out the nature of an illness or injury by examining its signs and symptoms. |
| drone2 |
to talk in a boring voice without changing one's tone. |
| elude |
to get away from or avoid by speed or skill. |
| ethic |
(plural) an individual's or group's moral principles. |
| infrastructure |
all the basic systems that have been created in a country, especially through technology and engineering, that allow it to function well and develop. Roads are a very important part of a country's infrastructure. Without roads, it is difficult for people to travel and to work and to move products from one place to another. |
| millennium |
a unit of time equal to one thousand years. |
| publicize |
to make widely known; advertise. |
| sparse |
not thick or dense; scattered in thin amounts. |
| speculate |
to make guesses or wonder about something (often followed by "on" or "about"). |
| transcend |
to go beyond or rise above (a common limitation). |
| violate |
to break or fail to keep. |