| abroad |
in or to a country that is not one's own. |
| commend |
to speak of with praise for some act or service. |
| 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. |
| extinction |
the act or process of becoming or making extinct. |
| fabrication |
a statement, document, or the like that is false or invented to deceive. |
| impulse |
a sudden wish or desire that makes a person want to do something. |
| intermediate |
being or happening between two things, stages, positions, or persons; being in the middle. |
| naive |
simple, natural, and unsophisticated; lacking in suspicion. |
| partial |
not complete. |
| pathetic |
causing feelings of pity or sorrow. |
| smirk |
to smile in a self-satisfied, offensively knowing, or self-conscious way. |
| strive |
to try or work hard. |
| subdue |
to overcome or conquer, as by military victory. |
| worthwhile |
valuable enough to be worth doing. |