| accountant |
a person who checks and takes care of business records or accounts. |
| adaptive |
capable of changing in response to changes in environment. |
| approximate |
nearly exact or correct. |
| arid |
extremely dry, especially from lack of rainfall. |
| coverage |
in journalism, the reportage on a particular event or issue, or the amount or type of reportage. |
| exert |
to use or put into action; apply. |
| grovel |
to be or move about in a bowed or prostrate position, as with fear or humility; cower; cringe. |
| inscribe |
to write by carving. |
| insightful |
keenly perceptive. |
| leery |
suspicious or mistrustful; wary (usually followed by "of"). |
| municipal |
of or having to do with a local government or unit of government. |
| ownership |
the state or fact of being the possessor of something. |
| parental |
of or relating to the role of a mother or father. |
| pose |
a fixed position of the body. |
| synthetic |
made with chemicals formed in a laboratory instead of something found in nature; man-made; artificial. |