| compression |
the act or process of pressing down on or together, causing flattening or condensing. |
| counterfeit |
made to look like something real in order to cheat people. |
| enlist |
to sign up to serve in the military or in some cause. |
| hostility |
the state of being unfriendly or full of hate. |
| ignorance |
lack of education or information. |
| incite |
to bring about, especially by angering or upsetting. |
| metropolitan |
having to do with a large city and the communities around it. |
| negative |
not helpful or constructive; critical; pessimistic. |
| predictable |
able to be foreseen or anticipated. |
| reassure |
to make less worried; give back confidence to. |
| recommend |
to present as something that one can have confidence in; present as something good. |
| resolve |
to decide firmly and sincerely to do something or that something shall be done. |
| rupture |
the act of breaking open or breaking off. |
| sophistication |
the quality or condition of having worldly knowledge, elegant refinement, or technological complexity. |
| subordinate |
lower in rank or importance; secondary. |