| adolescent |
a person who is changing from a child to an adult; teenager. |
| apparel |
clothing. |
| bachelor |
a man who has not married. |
| capitalism |
an economic system in which land, factories, and other resources are owned by individuals instead of the government. In this system, the prices of things we buy are decided by the people who sell them and not by the government. |
| 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. |
| coordination |
the working together of different muscles to carry out a complicated movement. |
| expire |
to come to an end. |
| indirect |
not in a straight line, course, or route. |
| interrogate |
to question at length and in a thorough way, often for an official purpose. |
| mortality |
the quality or state of being destined to die. |
| pedestal |
a support or base for a column, statue, or some other object. |
| prestigious |
highly esteemed. |
| ratio |
a relation or comparison between numbers or things based on amount or degree. |
| saga |
a medieval Nordic or Icelandic prose narrative, especially one describing the historical or legendary exploits of a single person or family. |
| venom |
the poison that certain snakes, insects, scorpions, and other animals produce. Venom is put into prey by biting or stinging. |