| avoidance |
the act of keeping away from or keeping from happening. |
| bleak |
bare, cold, or not protected from the weather. |
| contaminate |
to make dirty, polluted, or not usable by touching or by adding something to. |
| efficiency |
the quick, accurate performance of a task, or the ability to so perform. |
| empower |
to give legal rights or authority to. |
| engineering |
the study and practice of using scientific and mathematical knowledge to do practical things. Knowledge of engineering is needed to design and build roads, bridges, tools, and machines. |
| forecast |
a guess or estimate about something that will happen in the future. |
| inanimate |
not having or showing the characteristics associated with life; lifeless. |
| manageable |
capable of being handled or controlled. |
| martyr |
a person who suffers or is killed for defending some belief or cause. |
| preliminary |
coming before, so as to prepare for something else. |
| respiration |
the act of breathing. |
| restrictive |
characterized by limitations on application. |
| sermon |
a talk given during a religious service. |
| verify |
to make sure of the truth or correctness of. |