| assertion |
a declaration or statement, often without support or proof. |
| assumption |
something that is supposed or believed without questioning. For example, if you ask someone whether she is allowed to watch TV during dinner, you have made an assumption that there is a TV in her house. Assumptions are ideas people have that are not based on proven facts. An assumption can be correct or incorrect. |
| chronicle |
an account of events, told in the order in which those events took place. |
| clammy |
unpleasantly moist, cool, and sticky. |
| comprehend |
to understand or grasp the meaning of. |
| concession |
an act or instance of yielding or conceding. |
| courteous |
being polite or showing good manners. |
| dependable |
deserving trust or confidence; able to be counted on. |
| discount |
an amount taken away from the full or regular price or cost. |
| dynamic |
full of energy and strength; lively; active. |
| enhance |
to improve or add to the quality, value, or attractiveness of. |
| extract |
a strong, concentrated form of a substance. |
| mobility |
the quality of moving or being moved easily from place to place, or of having ease and flexibility of motion. |
| ownership |
the state or fact of being the possessor of something. |
| torment |
a state of great suffering of the body or mind. |