| acknowledgment |
the act of acknowledging. |
| corrupt |
not honest; wicked. |
| curator |
one who oversees the activities and tends the collections of a museum, library, or the like. |
| decline |
to refuse to do, in a polite way. |
| embargo |
a government order that restricts trade or the shipment of goods. |
| fatality |
a sudden or unexpected death. |
| inhabit |
to live in; use as a dwelling. |
| insufficient |
not enough in number, degree, amount, or quality; not sufficient. |
| interval |
the period of time between two events or situations. |
| legislator |
someone who makes laws. |
| portent |
a sign of something important, and often disastrous, that is about to occur; omen. |
| premise |
a statement that forms the basis of an argument and that is usually accepted. |
| skew |
to turn or go off at an angle; swerve. |
| synonym |
a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word of the same language. |
| tempt |
to try to get (someone) to do something wrong or not wise by offering or seeming to offer something very desirable. |