| attorney |
a person whose job is to give legal advice and to speak for people in court; lawyer. |
| cannibal |
an animal that eats its own species. |
| carat |
a unit of weight for diamonds and other gems, equal to one-fifth of a gram. |
| civilization |
an advanced state of development of a society as judged by such things as having a system of government and laws, using a written language, and keeping written records. |
| construe |
to comprehend or explain the meaning or intention of; assign a meaning to; interpret. |
| disdain |
an attitude or display of contempt; scorn. |
| doom |
an event or end that one cannot escape; fate; destiny. |
| intensive |
highly concentrated in a small space or interval of time. |
| parental |
of or relating to the role of a mother or father. |
| pith |
weightiness, significance, or importance. |
| rueful |
feeling, showing, or causing regret or sorrow. |
| scope |
the range or extent of one's view or thoughts. |
| simulation |
something that imitates or resembles, or the fact of resemblance itself. |
| strategy |
a plan, method, or series of actions meant to perform a particular goal or effect. |
| underlie |
to be the foundation or basis of. |