| amid |
among or surrounded by. |
| comprehensive |
including everything or almost everything; wide in range. |
| deprecate |
to disparage or treat as having small value; depreciate. |
| downplay |
to dismiss the significance of; minimize. |
| experiment |
to explore by trying different things. |
| hospitable |
open and receptive. |
| humdrum |
lacking variety; dull, monotonous, and commonplace. |
| influence |
to have an effect on a person's actions or thoughts. |
| obligate |
to make someone do something because of a law or moral principle. |
| procrastinate |
to put off doing something; delay. |
| productivity |
the capacity for manufacturing things or doing any work that yields measurable results. |
| regulator |
a person or thing that keeps an activity or action to a certain standard or set of laws. |
| statistics |
(used with a singular verb) the mathematical study of numerical information, especially representative information about a limited portion of a population that is used to make generalized conclusions about the whole. |
| strut |
to walk in a proud or vain manner. |
| tedious |
long and boring; dull; wearisome. |