| assertion |
a declaration or statement, often without support or proof. |
| assumption |
something that is supposed or believed without questioning. For example, if you ask someone whether she is allowed to watch TV during dinner, you have made an assumption that there is a TV in her house. Assumptions are ideas people have that are not based on proven facts. An assumption can be correct or incorrect. |
| circumstance |
a condition or fact connected with or having an effect on an event or situation. |
| component |
a part of something. |
| delirium |
a temporary state of mental disturbance sometimes caused by high fever, shock, or intoxication, and characterized by confusion, hallucinations, delusions, disturbed speech, and the like. |
| elementary |
having to do with the most basic or simplest parts of something. |
| forte1 |
a strong or exceptional point, such as a talent or skill. |
| levy |
the collection by a government of money, property, or troops. |
| negative |
not helpful or constructive; critical; pessimistic. |
| nomad |
a member of a group or tribe that has no fixed home and moves from place to place. |
| obsolete |
no longer in use. |
| ordeal |
a painful, difficult experience, or test of one's character. |
| ornery |
mean; stubborn. |
| romance |
a love relationship, either in life or in literature or film. |
| subsequent |
coming or happening after; following. |