| 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. |
| cant1 |
insincere statements made to give one the appearance of goodness, piety, or the like. |
| discipline |
training of the body or mind to bring about good performance and good behavior. |
| dwindle |
to become or cause to become gradually smaller or less until almost nothing remains; shrink. |
| employ |
to make use of; use. |
| excessive |
more than is needed or considered fair; not reasonable. |
| forsake |
to leave or desert. |
| haunt |
to come very often and painfully to the mind or memory of (a person). |
| influence |
to have an effect on a person's actions or thoughts. |
| lunar |
of or having to do with the moon. |
| resistant |
capable of opposing or willing to oppose. |
| rupture |
the act of breaking open or breaking off. |
| scholarly |
of or appropriate to a student or a learned person. |
| sparse |
not thick or dense; scattered in thin amounts. |
| tranquillity |
the condition or quality of being peaceful, untroubled, or calm; serenity. |