| acknowledgment |
the act of acknowledging. |
| arbitrary |
resulting from personal opinions, wishes, or feelings instead of from a rule or reason. |
| assay |
to try out or test. |
| borne |
past participle of "bear1" with meaning connected with carrying, supporting, or enduring. |
| consciousness |
the physical condition of being awake and aware. |
| contemporary |
happening in or belonging to the same period of time. |
| implication |
something hinted at or suggested, but not said directly. |
| miscellaneous |
made up of many different kinds. |
| objection |
a statement of not liking or not agreeing with something. |
| penetrate |
to pierce or go into or through. |
| practical |
having to do with real life and experience rather than theory. |
| regulate |
to control by rules or a method. |
| relevant |
related to what is being discussed or is presently important. |
| skulk |
to hide or wait in hiding; lurk. |
| vortex |
a whirling mass of fluid, air, or the like, such as a whirlpool, that generates a vacuum in the center toward which things are drawn. |