| apparatus |
tools or equipment made for a particular task. |
| census |
an official count of the people who live in a country or other area. A census is also used to collect information about these people, such as their job, age, or sex. |
| excerpt |
a short section taken from a play, film, or written work. |
| obesity |
the condition of being exceedingly and unhealthily overweight. |
| parasite |
a plant, animal, or fungus that lives on or in another living thing, called the host. A parasite gets its food and energy from the host organism. |
| pedestrian |
a person who is walking. |
| plead |
to ask for something in a sincere or serious way. |
| probation |
a period of time for testing a person's ability, character, or behavior. |
| prosecution |
the initiating and continuing of legal proceedings against one or more persons. |
| quirk |
an odd personal trait; idiosyncrasy. |
| solitude |
the condition of living or being by oneself. |
| specialist |
a person who has knowledge or is an expert in a single area of study. |
| temptation |
the condition of being lured or enticed by the possibility of pleasure to do something unwise or wrong. |
| treacherous |
betraying or likely to betray trust; false. |
| unearth |
to find or reveal by searching. |