| acquaintance |
a person one has met but does not know well. |
| ajar |
partly opened. |
| certainty |
the state of being sure or confident. |
| confidence |
a sense of trust or faith in a person or thing, or in oneself. |
| demise |
the end of existence or operation. |
| denomination |
a religious group or division. |
| diversion |
an act or instance of turning aside. |
| excerpt |
a short section taken from a play, film, or written work. |
| extensive |
reaching or extending very far. |
| induction |
the act, process, or result of deriving general principles from particular facts or examples. |
| inward |
in or toward the inside or center. |
| mandate |
to require by law or because of a vote of the people. |
| palette |
a thin, oval board, with a thumb hole, on which a painter holds and mixes colors. |
| seismic |
of, concerning, or resulting from an earthquake. |
| transient |
brief in duration; temporary. |