| adolescence |
the period in a person's life between childhood and adulthood. |
| aggressive |
mean and unfriendly in one's actions; ready to argue or start fights. |
| diagnosis |
the act or process of finding out the nature of an illness or injury by examining its signs and symptoms. |
| eliminate |
to get rid of or destroy. |
| embrace |
an act or instance of holding someone closely in one's arms; hug. |
| legislation |
a law made by a body of government. |
| overall |
including nearly all; general. |
| petty |
of little importance or interest. |
| recur |
to happen again or over and over. |
| reevaluate |
to carefully reconsider the value, worth, or efficacy of; reassess. |
| scoff |
to laugh at, mock, or criticize scornfully (often followed by "at"). |
| severity |
strictness; harshness. |
| spectrum |
a band of colors that is formed when light is passed through a prism, or in some other way. The six colors of a spectrum are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. |
| stationary |
not moving; still. |
| via |
traveling through; by way of. |