| aggressive |
mean and unfriendly in one's actions; ready to argue or start fights. |
| appreciate |
to be grateful for or to. |
| borne |
past participle of "bear1" with meaning connected with carrying, supporting, or enduring. |
| botany |
the science that studies plants. Botany is a branch of biology. |
| confidence |
a sense of trust or faith in a person or thing, or in oneself. |
| embed |
to set firmly in some surrounding material. |
| inferior |
lower in rank, position, or degree. |
| knead |
to mix by pressing, folding, and pulling. |
| leery |
suspicious or mistrustful; wary (usually followed by "of"). |
| mirage |
an illusion in which something is seen in the distance but is not really there. |
| obese |
very fat. |
| pension |
money paid at regular times by a former employer to a person who has retired, or by the government to a person who is not able to work. |
| pesky |
(informal) pestering or annoying. |
| philosophical |
of or pertaining to the nature and principles of knowledge, truth, existence, and moral and aesthetic values. |
| vector |
a mathematical expression of direction and magnitude, usually represented by an arrow pointing to the particular direction, with a length proportional to the magnitude. |