| convention |
a formal meeting or gathering where people discuss shared interests. |
| convict |
to find guilty of a crime. |
| descriptive |
using or full of description. |
| ebb |
the flowing of the tide away from the land to the sea. |
| innovative |
new and inventive. |
| merge |
to mix or combine into a single unit. |
| ministry |
the duties and functions of a religious minister. |
| pivot |
a rod or pin upon which another part rotates, swings, or moves back and forth. |
| preventive |
made to get in the way of or to block something. |
| quote |
to repeat a passage or information from. |
| regulator |
a person or thing that keeps an activity or action to a certain standard or set of laws. |
| speculate |
to make guesses or wonder about something (often followed by "on" or "about"). |
| tremor |
a shaking or trembling. |
| typhoon |
a hurricane that occurs in the western Pacific area and the China Sea. |
| yoke |
a pair of draft animals joined by this device. |