| clan |
a group of people from the same family. |
| comparable |
nearly the same or equal in degree or quality. |
| economical |
using only a small amount; without waste; frugal. |
| expose |
to uncover or reveal. |
| heckler |
one who disrupts a performance or public address with annoying remarks or questions. |
| intern |
a doctor who recently graduated from medical school and is working with more experienced doctors to finish training. |
| negligence |
disregard of, omission of, or failure to do something necessary, especially when it is habitual. |
| palette |
a thin, oval board, with a thumb hole, on which a painter holds and mixes colors. |
| precursor |
an earlier or previous person, group, event, or form of something; predecessor. |
| preventive |
made to get in the way of or to block something. |
| recuperate |
to become healthy again after being ill. |
| respiration |
the act of breathing. |
| secondary |
not first in importance or value; less important. |
| sophistication |
the quality or condition of having worldly knowledge, elegant refinement, or technological complexity. |
| treachery |
a breaking of faith or loyalty; betrayal. |