| academic |
having to do with a school. |
| accountant |
a person who checks and takes care of business records or accounts. |
| apparatus |
tools or equipment made for a particular task. |
| behalf |
support; aid (used with "in" or "on" and followed by "of"). |
| divert |
to turn aside or away from something. |
| elsewhere |
in or to another place. |
| genre |
a category of artistic work marked by a particular specified form, technique, or content. |
| impact |
the force of two objects hitting or crashing into each other. |
| legislator |
someone who makes laws. |
| motivation |
the condition of being driven or moved to do something by an idea, feeling, or desire. |
| quay |
a pier, wharf, or other landing place for loading and unloading boats or ships. |
| rueful |
feeling, showing, or causing regret or sorrow. |
| sniper |
a soldier who shoots at enemy troops from a concealed position. |
| spectrum |
a band of colors that is formed when light is passed through a prism, or in some other way. The six colors of a spectrum are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. |
| synthetic |
made with chemicals formed in a laboratory instead of something found in nature; man-made; artificial. |