adaptation |
the act or process of changing or adjusting something to fit in a new role or context. |
annotate |
to provide (a written work) with explanatory notes or critical commentary. |
contaminate |
to make dirty, polluted, or not usable by touching or by adding something to. |
export |
the act of sending goods to another country to sell. |
extract |
a strong, concentrated form of a substance. |
familiarity |
knowledge or understanding of a particular thing. |
folly |
a lack of good sense or judgment. |
notwithstanding |
in spite of; despite (sometimes used after its object rather than before). |
ongoing |
continuing from sometime in the past into the present. |
particularly |
to an unusual degree; more than other things in a group. |
productivity |
the capacity for manufacturing things or doing any work that yields measurable results. |
proliferation |
the act of spreading or multiplying rapidly. |
respondent |
a person who gives a reply or answer, especially to a survey or poll. |
sentiment |
a way of thinking or feeling about something. |
sovereignty |
supreme power or authority, especially over a state or other political body. |