| acquaintance |
a person one has met but does not know well. |
| adjunct |
attached or connected but not fully integrated; supplementary; subordinate. |
| allegedly |
according to what has been claimed although not proven. |
| ballad |
a poem or song that tells a story. |
| coalition |
an alliance, especially a temporary one, of various factions, parties, or nations. |
| concession |
an act or instance of yielding or conceding. |
| diagnosis |
the act or process of finding out the nature of an illness or injury by examining its signs and symptoms. |
| dwell |
to think, write, or speak about over and over again for a long time (often followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| maximize |
to increase or enlarge as much as possible. |
| pinpoint |
to find or explain exactly. |
| province |
one of the divisions of some countries, each with its own government. |
| solely |
only; for no other reason; completely. |
| standardize |
to cause to conform to a model or rules. |
| supplementary |
additional; extra. |
| synthetic |
made with chemicals formed in a laboratory instead of something found in nature; man-made; artificial. |