| 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. |
| compress |
to press into less space; squeeze closely together. |
| defect |
a weakness, flaw, or bad quality. |
| forum |
a public meeting to discuss some problem of public or general interest. |
| instance |
a case, example or occasion. |
| molecule |
the smallest unit of a substance that has all the properties of that substance. A molecule is made up of a single atom or group of atoms. |
| paradigm |
an example, model, pattern, or the like. |
| predictable |
able to be foreseen or anticipated. |
| purify |
to make clean or pure. |
| renew |
to make like new; restore. |
| sanitary |
free from things that can cause infection; clean; sterile. |
| tendency |
the fact of being likely to act in some way. |
| transient |
brief in duration; temporary. |
| vagabond |
having no permanent home; wandering from place to place; nomadic. |
| viewpoint |
an opinion. |