| avoidance |
the act of keeping away from or keeping from happening. |
| demographic |
of or relating to the study of human populations, involving statistical analysis of size, distribution, density, migration, fertility, and the like. |
| discourage |
to cause to lose hope or confidence. |
| eminent |
standing above others in fame or achievement; outstanding. |
| familiarity |
knowledge or understanding of a particular thing. |
| ingenious |
clever or creative in setting up or working through problems. |
| interact |
to respond to one another in a social situation. |
| leery |
suspicious or mistrustful; wary (usually followed by "of"). |
| momentum |
strength of movement. |
| quantify |
to find or express the number or amount of. |
| reform |
the changing of wrong or bad conditions to make them better. |
| sparse |
not thick or dense; scattered in thin amounts. |
| specify |
to name or otherwise indicate explicitly. |
| toll2 |
a charge for using a bridge or a road. |
| zest |
a sense of great pleasure or enjoyment. |