| crisis |
the point or moment just before a very important change in one direction or another. |
| cryptic |
difficult to understand; ambiguous or mysterious in meaning. |
| divert |
to turn aside or away from something. |
| gourmet |
a person who loves and knows much about good food and fine wine. |
| induction |
the act, process, or result of deriving general principles from particular facts or examples. |
| levee |
an embankment built to keep river water from flooding the land. |
| malfunction |
the act or an instance of failing to operate or work properly. |
| measly |
(informal) ridiculously inadequate or unsatisfactory; paltry. |
| oversee |
to watch over and direct (others or their work); supervise. |
| pact |
an agreement or a sworn promise. |
| prosecutor |
an attorney who tries a case against an accused person in a court of law. |
| spasm |
a sudden uncontrolled contraction of a muscle or group of muscles. |
| statistics |
(used with a singular verb) the mathematical study of numerical information, especially representative information about a limited portion of a population that is used to make generalized conclusions about the whole. |
| supposedly |
according to what is believed or said to be true but has not been proven. |
| unstable |
likely to change suddenly. |