| addict |
a person who depends on something, such as a drug, that is usually harmful and cannot be easily given up. |
| advocacy |
the giving of support to an idea, person, or cause. |
| ambiguity |
uncertainty or vagueness in meaning, intention, or the like. |
| cryptic |
difficult to understand; ambiguous or mysterious in meaning. |
| elegance |
the quality of refinement, taste, and grace, especially when combined with richness of decoration or design. |
| experiment |
to explore by trying different things. |
| ghetto |
a part of a town or city in which people of a particular race or religion are forced by law to live. |
| gross |
rude or disgusting. |
| hospitality |
friendly, warm, and generous ways of entertaining or taking care of guests or strangers. |
| literally |
word for word. |
| millennium |
a unit of time equal to one thousand years. |
| motherly |
of or like a female parent. |
| replication |
the repeating of an experiment under the original conditions. |
| romance |
a love relationship, either in life or in literature or film. |
| scoff |
to laugh at, mock, or criticize scornfully (often followed by "at"). |