| aghast |
filled with alarm or horror; shocked. |
| amiss |
in the wrong way. |
| avenger |
one who inflicts suffering in order to punish or gain retribution for a wrong. |
| cognition |
the mental acts or processes by which knowledge is acquired or processed. |
| commute |
to ride or drive a long distance to and from work or school. |
| complementary |
acting or serving to complete; completing. |
| ecological |
of or pertaining to the relationships between living things and their environments. |
| ecosystem |
a community of living things, together with their environment. |
| frigid |
very cold; freezing. |
| preliminary |
coming before, so as to prepare for something else. |
| recognition |
the act of realizing that one knows someone or something. |
| regulator |
a person or thing that keeps an activity or action to a certain standard or set of laws. |
| repeal |
to do away with or cancel officially. |
| thesis |
a statement or proposition put forward and supported by proof or argument. |
| transcend |
to go beyond or rise above (a common limitation). |