| accumulate |
to pile up, collect, or gather. |
| alliance |
a group of people, countries, or groups that share certain goals and agree to work together. |
| comprehensive |
including everything or almost everything; wide in range. |
| developmental |
of or having to do with how someone or something grows and evolves from the earliest stages. |
| discourage |
to cause to lose hope or confidence. |
| elsewhere |
in or to another place. |
| explanatory |
serving to clarify or account for. |
| gallant |
brave and dashing. |
| irk |
to annoy, irritate, or exasperate. |
| merger |
the combining of two or more companies into one, or the transfer of the property of one company to another. |
| mobile |
able to move or be moved easily from one place or position to another. |
| momentary |
lasting only an instant. |
| prognosis |
a forecast of the anticipated course of a disease, especially of the likelihood of recovery. |
| regulatory |
pertaining to or having the purpose of making or enforcing rules. |
| scrutiny |
a close and careful inspection. |