ambiguous |
having more than one possible meaning. |
delegation |
a group of people chosen to speak or act for others. |
emotional |
having to do with the feelings, including how one feels about oneself in relation to others. |
enlist |
to sign up to serve in the military or in some cause. |
epidemic |
an outbreak of disease that spreads rapidly to many people in one area. |
gall1 |
impudence; nerve. |
gluttonous |
inclined to eat excessively; voracious. |
ideological |
of or concerning basic beliefs, concepts, and social and political aims of an individual, group, or institution. |
immature |
not completely grown or developed; not mature. |
imprison |
to put or keep in a prison. |
motive |
an idea, need, desire, or impulse that causes a person to act in a particular way or do a particular thing; reason. |
pedestrian |
a person who is walking. |
pith |
weightiness, significance, or importance. |
province |
one of the divisions of some countries, each with its own government. |
subsist |
to stay alive or obtain the necessities of life (usually followed by "on"). |