| assumption |
something that is supposed or believed without questioning. For example, if you ask someone whether she is allowed to watch TV during dinner, you have made an assumption that there is a TV in her house. Assumptions are ideas people have that are not based on proven facts. An assumption can be correct or incorrect. |
| continuous |
going on without pausing or stopping; not broken. |
| convenience |
the quality of being useful or handy for someone's purpose or need. |
| defect |
a weakness, flaw, or bad quality. |
| depress |
to cause to be unhappy or in low spirits. |
| disposable |
meant to be thrown out after use. |
| ecstatic |
in a condition of extreme delight, overpowering emotion, or religious trance; enraptured. |
| kin |
the members of an extended family together; relatives. |
| legitimate |
allowed by the law or by rules; legal. |
| lexicon |
the set of terms used by an individual, a particular group, or a profession; vocabulary. |
| pedestrian |
a person who is walking. |
| prosecutor |
an attorney who tries a case against an accused person in a court of law. |
| pun |
a humorous play on words based on two words that are close in sound but different in meaning. |
| reminisce |
to recall past experiences, often with fondness or pleasure. |
| self-deprecation |
the act of belittling or disparaging oneself. |