| acknowledgment |
the act of acknowledging. |
| acquaintance |
a person one has met but does not know well. |
| barter |
to trade services or things for other services or things without using money. |
| circumference |
the line that forms the outside edge of a circle or other round figure or area. |
| conclude |
to bring to an end; finish or complete. |
| concordance |
an alphabetical index of all the main words in a book or in the entire work of an author, listing the contexts in which each word occurs and giving page references for each occurrence. |
| gale |
a strong wind of about thirty to sixty miles per hour. |
| intellect |
the ability to reason and understand. |
| neutralize |
to cause to have no effect or become useless. |
| operative |
being in effect. |
| prior |
happening earlier in time or sequence. |
| proclaim |
to say or state for the public to know. |
| transcontinental |
going or reaching across a continent. |
| unearth |
to find or reveal by searching. |
| utmost |
of the highest or greatest degree, amount, or intensity; greatest. |