| amendment |
an official change made to a bill, law, or other document. |
| clinical |
of or related to direct observation and treatment of patients, as opposed to theory or laboratory research. |
| concordance |
an alphabetical index of all the main words in a book or in the entire work of an author, listing the contexts in which each word occurs and giving page references for each occurrence. |
| congenital |
existing from birth, but usually not hereditary. |
| ecological |
of or pertaining to the relationships between living things and their environments. |
| enlighten |
to give information or knowledge to. |
| equine |
of or similar to a horse. |
| optimist |
one who usually or in a specific instance expects a good outcome. (Cf. pessimist.) |
| ponder |
to think about something deeply and carefully. |
| regulation |
a rule or law that controls or directs people's actions. |
| shrewd |
clever and careful. |
| sincerity |
a thorough and genuine honesty; candor; earnestness. |
| sustain |
to provide with the basic necessities of life. |
| synthetic |
made with chemicals formed in a laboratory instead of something found in nature; man-made; artificial. |
| taper |
to narrow. |