| accusation |
a statement that another person is guilty of a crime or error. |
| automate |
to convert to a mechanical or electronic system of operation. |
| committee |
a group of persons chosen to give attention to a particular matter. |
| consecutive |
following one after another without a break. |
| crucial |
very important; deciding the success or failure of something. |
| entrepreneur |
someone who assumes the financial risk of beginning and operating one or several businesses. |
| exult |
to rejoice greatly, especially over some triumph. |
| fabulous |
almost impossible to believe; amazing. |
| folly |
a lack of good sense or judgment. |
| jubilee |
a particularly celebrated anniversary, such as the fiftieth, or the celebration itself. |
| mechanism |
the working or moving part or process that causes a result. |
| merely |
nothing more than; simply; only. |
| mutilate |
to destroy by cutting or tearing off a necessary part. |
| scholarly |
of or appropriate to a student or a learned person. |
| whet |
to sharpen the cutting edge of (a knife or tool); hone. |