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accommodate | to make fit, suitable; to make room for; to hold without crowding or inconvenience |
analogy | similarity or correspondence between two otherwise dissimilar things; the likening of one thing to another based on similarity of features |
anticipate | to look forward to; expect |
assure | to say to with force or conviction; to cause to feel certain or secure |
attain | to gain or achieve through work; to arrive at or reach |
behalf | representing someone who is not present |
bulk | a large size or mass; the larger part of something |
cease | to stop or come to an end; to stop or bring to an end |
coherent | having the quality of holding together or cohering |
coincide | to be in the same place or happen at the same time |
commence | to begin or start |
compatible | able to exist or function harmoniously with another |
concurrent | existing or occurring at the same time |
confine | to keep within limits; restrict |
controversy | a disagreement; debate |
converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech; to carry on an exchange similar to a conversation |
device | an invention or machine used to perform simple tasks or something else made for a specific purpose |
devote | to give to a purpose; dedicate |
diminish | to make smaller or cause to appear smaller in size or importance |
distort | to twist out of shape; change the way a thing looks or acts |
duration | the length of time during which something goes on |
erode | to wear away or eat into |
ethic | a set of moral principles and values |
format | organization, arrangement, or choice of material; the shape, size, and general makeup |
found | to set up or create; establish |
inherent | existing in or belonging to something as an essential or inborn part of its nature |
insight | the power or act of seeing into a situation; the power to understand deep meanings or truths |
integral | being an essential part of the whole |
intermediate | being or occurring at the middle place, stage, or degree or between extremes |
manual | worked or done by hand and not by machine |
mature | based on slow careful consideration |
mediate | to act as an intermediary, as between contending parties; |
medium | a way or method of communicating or expressing, such as painting, music, or language; a substance that is a means of passing on a force or an effect |
military | having to do with soldiers or armies |
minimal | of, pertaining to, or being the smallest or least possible in quantity, degree, or size |
mutual | having the same relationship toward each other or one another; felt, said, or done by each for the other; shared by two or more people; given and received |
overlap | to cover or go over part of |
passive | receiving an action without acting in return, or not responding to something; acking in energy or will |
portion | a part of a whole |
preliminary | coming before, so as to prepare for something else |
protocol | the rules pertaining to etiquette and ceremonial observances among diplomats, heads of state, and the military |
qualitative | of, relating to, or involving quality or kind |
refine | to make pure or fine |
restrain | to prevent from doing, exhibiting, or expressing something; to hold back or control |
revolution | a very great change in something that causes many other things to change; the overthrow of a political system or government by force |
rigid | difficult or impossible to bend; stiff |
route | a road or course of travel from one place to another |
scenario | a hypothesized set of circumstances or course of action; a sequence of events especially when imagined |
sphere | a round, solid figure in which every point on the surface is an equal distance from the center |
subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position |
supplement | something extra or additional; something necessary to complete a whole or make up for a deficiency |
suspend | to hang from a higher position |
trigger | to cause, begin, or set off |
unify | to make into a single unit or thing; bring together; unite |
violation | something that breaks a rule; a disturbance |