| ambassador |
a person who is sent by the government of one country to be its official representative in another country. |
| baroque |
(often capitalized) the style or period in art, music, and architecture prevailing in Europe following the Renaissance, characterized by bold and elaborate forms of ornamentation. |
| demographic |
of or relating to the study of human populations, involving statistical analysis of size, distribution, density, migration, fertility, and the like. |
| injunction |
a command or order, especially from a court, to do or refrain from doing something; authorization or prohibition. |
| integrity |
a strong sense of honesty; firmness of moral character. |
| meditation |
sustained thought or self-forgetful concentration, especially for the purposes of religious devotion or relaxation. |
| mourn |
to feel or act very sad because of a death or great loss; grieve. |
| orient |
to find the position of with respect to the points of the compass. |
| overemphasize |
to stress too much; give too much importance to. |
| overhaul |
to go over carefully, taking apart as necessary and making all needed repairs. |
| ownership |
the state or fact of being the possessor of something. |
| pregnancy |
the condition in a female human or animal in which the body is developing new life and preparing to give birth. |
| preliminary |
coming before, so as to prepare for something else. |
| slay |
to kill deliberately and violently. |
| statistics |
(used with a singular verb) the mathematical study of numerical information, especially representative information about a limited portion of a population that is used to make generalized conclusions about the whole. |