| abnormal |
not normal or usual. |
| adverse |
not helpful to one's wishes or interests. |
| commerce |
the buying and selling of goods or services; trade; business. |
| congestion |
the condition of being excessively full, especially the condition of a road or highway being overly filled with traveling vehicles or pedestrians. |
| domain |
the land owned or under the control of a single ruler or government. |
| exempt |
to free from something that others are always required to do; excuse. |
| hue |
a particular color, such as sky blue; shade. |
| intent1 |
plan; aim; intention. |
| intertwine |
to twist together, one about the other; interlace or interlock. |
| investor |
a person or company that puts money into use for the purpose of making more money. |
| minority |
a group of people in a country who make up a smaller part of the whole population and have something in common, such as their family backgrounds or their religion, that is different from the larger population. |
| oasis |
an area in a desert where plants can grow. The plants are fed by water from a spring or well. |
| probation |
a period of time for testing a person's ability, character, or behavior. |
| prose |
writing or speech in its usual form of a series of sentences. Most language that is not poetry can be described as prose. Novels, short stories, essays, and letters are examples of writing done in prose. |
| successor |
a person or thing that comes after or follows another. |