| botany |
the science that studies plants. Botany is a branch of biology. |
| cherish |
to value with great love and care. |
| composure |
calmness in thinking or acting; self-control. |
| considerable |
large in size or amount. |
| contrite |
feeling deep guilt for one's wrongdoing or shortcoming and desiring to make amends for it; remorseful; repentant. |
| friction |
the rubbing of objects against each other. |
| humane |
showing kindness or mercy. |
| immature |
not completely grown or developed; not mature. |
| implication |
something hinted at or suggested, but not said directly. |
| persuasion |
the act of convincing someone to believe something or do something. |
| portfolio |
a collection of unbound papers or other printed material, often constituting a sample of one's professional work, intended to be shown to others and transported from place to place in a specially designed case. |
| pry1 |
to be too curious about another person's private life. |
| relentless |
without mercy or compassion; unyielding or stern. |
| situate |
to put in a particular place or position; place or locate. |
| stereotype |
a standardized and usually oversimplified and inaccurate conception held in common by many people. |