| adolescence |
the period in a person's life between childhood and adulthood. |
| contribution |
something that is contributed. |
| countenance |
facial expression or general appearance. |
| enhance |
to improve or add to the quality, value, or attractiveness of. |
| enumeration |
the act or process of naming or listing one by one. |
| explosive |
able to cause an explosion. |
| fanciful |
exhibiting use of the imagination; whimsical or imaginative. |
| heritage |
something that one believes, thinks, or does that comes from one's family or ethnic background; tradition. |
| illuminate |
to light up; make bright with light. |
| inconvenient |
causing trouble or extra effort; not convenient. |
| initiate |
to cause to begin; start; originate. |
| prospective |
likely or expected. |
| spectrum |
a band of colors that is formed when light is passed through a prism, or in some other way. The six colors of a spectrum are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. |
| tyranny |
a government in which a single person rules absolutely and in a cruel way. |
| whim |
a sudden desire, thought, or change of mind. |