| advent |
the arrival or coming to exist, especially of something important. |
| 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. |
| census |
an official count of the people who live in a country or other area. A census is also used to collect information about these people, such as their job, age, or sex. |
| charitable |
generous in donations or benevolent actions for needy persons. |
| compassionate |
filled with care for another's suffering; sympathetic. |
| daub |
to smear or cover with something soft and sticky, such as paint. |
| din |
a loud, steady noise. |
| inhibition |
the condition of being held back or prevented from acting, as by one's own fear or embarrassment. |
| lure |
to attract with the promise of a reward. |
| malaria |
a serious disease carried by mosquitoes that causes chills, fever, and sweating. |
| millennium |
a unit of time equal to one thousand years. |
| miserly |
stingy or penurious. |
| prospective |
likely or expected. |
| respectively |
in the order that two or more people or things have been named. |
| sequence |
a pattern or process in which one thing follows another. |