| assurance |
a statement meant to give confidence. |
| bleak |
bare, cold, or not protected from the weather. |
| confidentiality |
the state or condition of being kept private or communicated only in private. |
| correspondent |
a person who reports news or contributes articles regularly to a newspaper, magazine, TV network, or the like, from a distant area. |
| decoy |
something used to attract animals or people into danger. Wooden decoys in the shape of birds or animals are often used by hunters to lead animals into a trap. |
| delve |
to make a careful, thoroughgoing search, as for information. |
| dispense |
to give out in portions; distribute. |
| eccentric |
not behaving or thinking in an ordinary or accepted way; odd; peculiar. |
| exaggerate |
to present as larger, more important, or more valuable. |
| heroic |
noble and courageous. |
| mourn |
to feel or act very sad because of a death or great loss; grieve. |
| originate |
to start or come into being. |
| phobia |
a very strong fear or dislike of something that is far beyond ordinary fear or dislike. |
| prognosis |
a forecast of the anticipated course of a disease, especially of the likelihood of recovery. |
| synergy |
the combined action or power of two or more things. |