| acute |
sharp; severe. |
| colleague |
a person who has the same job or employer as another. |
| contingency |
a future event that is possible but not likely. |
| correspondent |
a person who reports news or contributes articles regularly to a newspaper, magazine, TV network, or the like, from a distant area. |
| entrepreneur |
someone who assumes the financial risk of beginning and operating one or several businesses. |
| fluctuation |
unsteadiness; vacillation. |
| illuminate |
to light up; make bright with light. |
| notorious |
known for something bad. |
| poverty |
the condition of being poor; a lack of money. |
| presently |
in a little while; very soon. |
| royalty |
a member of a king or queen's family, or all such persons as a group. |
| sane |
sound; reasonable. |
| simulate |
to imitate or reproduce the appearance, sound, or other external characteristics or qualities of. |
| sterile |
free of live germs or bacteria. |
| supposedly |
according to what is believed or said to be true but has not been proven. |