| apportion |
to assign, adjust, or distribute parts so as to maintain the proper proportion; allot. |
| auspicious |
likely to be followed by favorable events. |
| chaste |
not having committed fornication or adultery. |
| convoke |
to summon to an assembly; marshal. |
| decelerate |
to lower the speed of; decrease in velocity; slow down. |
| efficacy |
the ability to produce desired results; effectiveness. |
| expatriate |
one who has gone into exile from or renounced allegiance to his or her native land. |
| fidelity |
loyalty or faithfulness to obligations, promises, or those to whom one has made a commitment. |
| maladjustment |
an inability to bring one's own needs into harmony with the demands of the external environment. |
| materialism |
great or excessive concern with the acquisition of wealth or possessions, especially as opposed to the attainment of spiritual goals. |
| opportune |
favorable or suitable, especially in relation to time. |
| pertain |
to relate to or have to do with something. |
| presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
| subsidiary |
assisting or supplementing. |
| verisimilitude |
the appearance or semblance of truth or reality. |