Morris College Advanced Vocabulary List (Original) – Flashcards
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Abate
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Subside or moderate.
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Aberrant
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Abnormal or deviant.
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Abeyance
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Suspended action.
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Abscond
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Depart secretly and hide.
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Abstemious
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Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate.
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Admonish
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Warn or approve.
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Adulturate
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Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances.
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Aesthetic
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Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful.
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Alacrity
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Cheerful promptness; eagerness.
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Alleviate
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Relieve
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Amalgamate
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Combine; unite in one body.
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Ambivalence
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The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes.
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Ameliorate
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Improve
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Anachronism
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Something or someone misplaced in time.
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Analogous
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Comparable
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Anarchy
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Absence of governing body; state of disorder.
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Anomalous
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Deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form, or rule.
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Antipathy
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Aversion; dislike.
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Apathy
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Lack of caring; indifference.
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Appease
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Pacify or soothe; relieve.
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Apprise
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Inform
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Approbation
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Approval.
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Arduous
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Hard; strenuous.
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Artless
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Without guile; open and honest.
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Ascetic
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Practicing self-denial; austere.
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Assiduous
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Diligent.
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Assuage
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Ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger).
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Attenuate
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Make thinner.
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Audacious
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Daring; bold.
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Austere
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Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented.
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Autonomous
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Self-governing; independent.
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Aver
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Assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact
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Banal
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Hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality.
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Belie
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Contradict; give a false impression.
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Beneficent
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Kindly; doing good.
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Bolster
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Support; reinforce.
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Bombastic
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Pompous; using inflated language.
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Boorish
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Rude; insensitive.
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Burgeon
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Grow forth; send out buds.
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Burnish
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Make shiny by rubbing; polish.
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Buttress
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Support; prop up.
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Capricious
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Unpredictable; fickle.
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Castigation
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Punishment; severe criticism.
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Catalyst
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Agent that increases the pace of a chemical action.
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Caustic
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Burning; sarcastically biting.
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Chicanery
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Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.
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Coagulate
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Thicken; congeal; clot.
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Coda
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Concluding section of a musical or literary composition; summarizes or concludes.
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Cogent
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Convincing.
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Commensurate
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Corresponding in extent, degree, etc.; proportionate.
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Compendium
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Brief, comprehensive summary.
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Complaisant
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Trying to please; overly polite; obliging.
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Compliant
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Yielding; conforming to requirements.
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Concilliatory
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Reconcilling; soothing.
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Condone
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Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse.
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Confound
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Confuse; puzzle.
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Connoisseur
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Person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of art.
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Contention
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Claim; thesis .
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Contentious
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Quarrelsome.
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Contrite
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Penitent.
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Conundrum
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Riddle; difficult problem.
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Converge
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Approach; tend to meet; come together.
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Convoluted
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Coiled around; involved; intricate.
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Craven
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Cowardly
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Daunt
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Intimidate; frighten.
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Decorum
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Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners.
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Default
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Failure to act.
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Deference
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Courteous regard for another's wish.
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Delineate
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Portray; depict; sketch.
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Denigrate
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Defame
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Deride
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Ridicule; make fun of.
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Derivative
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Unoriginal; obtained from another source.
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Dessicate
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Dry up.
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Desultory
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Aimless; haphazard; digressing at random.
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Deterrent
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Something that discourages; hindrance.
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Diatribe
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Bitter scolding; invective.
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Dichotomy
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Split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones).
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Diffidence
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Shyness
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Diffuse
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Wordy, rambling, spread out (like a gas).
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Digression
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Wandering away from the subject.
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Dirge
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Lament with music.
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Disabuse
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Correct a false impression; undeceive.
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Discerning
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Mentally quick and observant; having insight.
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Discordant
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Not harmonious; conflicting.
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Discrepancy
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Lack of consistency; difference.
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Disingenuous
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Lacking genuine candor; insincere.
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Disinterested
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Unprejudiced.
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Disjointed
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Lacking coherence; separated at the joints.
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Dismiss
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Eliminate from consideration; reject.
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Disparage
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Belittle
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Disparate
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Basically different; unrelated.
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Dissemble
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Disguise; pretend.
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Disseminate
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Distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds).
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Dissolution
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Disintegration; looseness in morals.
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Dissonance
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Discord; opposite of harmony.
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Distend
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Expand; swell out
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Distill
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Purify; refine; concentrate.
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Diverge
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Vary; go in different directions from the same point.
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Divest
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Strip; deprive.
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Dogmatic
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Opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal.
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Dormant
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Sleeping; lethargic; latent.
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Dupe
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Someone easily fooled.
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Ebullient
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Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm.
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Eclectic
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Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources.
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Efficacy
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Power to produce desired effect.
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Effrontery
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Impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness.
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Elegy
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Poem or song expressing lamentation.
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Elicit
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Draw out by discussion.
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Embellish
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Adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story.
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Empirical
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Based on experience.
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Emulate
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Imitate; rival.
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Endemic
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Prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country.
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Enervate
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Weaken.
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Engender
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Cause; produce.
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Ephemeral
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Short-lived; fleeting.
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Equanimity
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Calmness of temperament; composure.
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Equivocate
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Lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth.
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Erudite
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Learned; scholarly.
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Esoteric
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Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few.
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Eulogy
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Expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death.
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Euphemism
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Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one.
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Exacerbate
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Worsen; embitter.
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Exigency
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Pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention
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Extrapolation
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Projection; conjecture.
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Facetious
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Joking (often inappropriately); humorous.
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Facilitate
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Help bring about; make less difficult.
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Fallacious
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False; misleading.
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Fatuous
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Brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug.
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Fawning
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Trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing.
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Felicitous
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Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen.
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Fervor
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Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling.
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Fledgling
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Inexperienced.
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Flout
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Reject; mock; show contempt for.
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Frugality
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Thrift; economy.
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Futile
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Useless; hopeless; ineffectual.
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Gainsay
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Deny.
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Garrulous
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Loquacious; talkative; wordy.
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Goad
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Urge on.
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Gouge
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Overcharge.
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Grandiloquent
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Pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language.
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Gregarious
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Sociable.
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Guileless
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Without deceit.
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Gullible
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Easily deceived.
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Harangue
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Long, passionate, and vehement speech.
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Homogeneous
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Of the same kind.
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration; overstatement.
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Iconoclastic
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Attacking cherished traditions.
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Idolatry
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Worship of idols; excessive admiration.
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Immutable
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Unchangeable.
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Impassive
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Without feeling; imperturbable; stoical.
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Impede
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Hinder; block.
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Impermeable
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Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance.
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Imperturbable
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Calm; placid.
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Impervious
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Impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed.
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Implacable
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Incapable of being pacified.
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Implicit
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Understood but not stated.
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Implode
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Burst inward.
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Inadvertently
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Unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly.
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Inchoate
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Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary.
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Incongruity
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Lack of harmony; absurdity.
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Inconsequential
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Insignificant; unimportant.
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Incorporate
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Introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite.
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Indigence
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Poverty.
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Indolent
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Lazy
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Inert
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Inactive; lacking power to move.
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Ingenuous
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Naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated.
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Inherent
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Firmly established by nature or habit.
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Innocuous
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Harmless.
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Insinuate
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Hint; imply; creep in.
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Insipid
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Lacking in flavor; dull.
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Insularity
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Narrow-mindedness; isolation.
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Intractable
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Unruly; stubborn; unyielding.
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Intransigence
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Refusal of any compromise; stubbornness.
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Inundate
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Overwhelm; flood; submerge.
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Inured
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Accustomed; hardened.
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Invective
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Abuse.
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Irascible
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Irritable; easily angered.
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Irresolute
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Uncertain how to act; weak.
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Itinerary
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Plan of a trip.
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Iaconic
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Brief and to the point.
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Lassitude
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Languor; weariness.
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Latent
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Potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden.
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Laud
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Praise.
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Lethargic
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Drowsy; dull.
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Levity
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Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity.
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Loquacious
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Talkative.
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Lucid
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Easily understood; clear; intelligible.
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Luminous
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Shining; issuing light.
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Magnanimity
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Generosity.
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Malingerer
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One who feigns illness to escape duty.
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Malleable
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Capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable.
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Maverick
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Rebel; nonconformist.
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Mendacious
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Lying; habitually dishonest.
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Metamorphosis
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Change of form.
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Meticulous
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Excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous.
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Misanthrope
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One who hates mankind.
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Mitigate
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Appease; moderate.
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Mollify
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Soothe
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Morose
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Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy.
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Mundane
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Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday.
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Neophyte
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Recent convert; beginner.
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Obdurate
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Adj. stubborn.
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Obsequious
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Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic.
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Obviate
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Make unnecessary; get rid of.
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Occlude
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Shut; close.
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Officious
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Meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services.
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Onerous
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Burdensome.
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Opprobrium
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Infamy; vilification.
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Oscillate
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Vibrate; waver.
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Ostentatious
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Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention.
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Paragon
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Model of perfection.
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Partisan
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One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party.
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Pathological
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Pertaining to disease.
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Paucity
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Scarcity.
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Pedantic
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Showing off learning; bookish.
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Penchant
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Strong inclination; liking.
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Penury
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Severe poverty; stinginess.
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Perennial
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Something long-lasting.
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Perfidious
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Treacherous; disloyal.
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Perfunctory
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Superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm.
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Permeable
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Penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through.
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Pervasive
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Spread throughout.
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Phlegmatic
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Calm; not easily disturbed.
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Piety
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Devoutness; reverence for God.
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Placate
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Pacify; conciliate.
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Plasticity
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Ability to be molded.
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Platitude
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Trite remark; commonplace statement.
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Plethora
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Excess; overabundance.
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Plummet
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Fall sharply.
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Pragmatic
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Practical ; concerned with the practical impact of something.
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Preamble
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Introductory statement.
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Precarious
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Uncertain; risky.
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Precipitate
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Rash, premature, hasty, sudden.
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Precursor
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Forerunner.
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Presumptuous
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Arrogant; taking liberties.
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Prevaricate
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Lie.
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Pristine
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Characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled.
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Probity
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Uprightness; incorruptibility.
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Prodigal
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Wasteful; reckless with money.
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Proliferate
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Grow rapidly; spread; multiply.
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Propensity
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Natural inclination.
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Propitiate
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Appease.
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Pungent
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Stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic.
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Quibble
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Minor objection or complaint.
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Quiescent
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At rest; dormant; temporarily inactive.
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Recalcitrant
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Obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly.
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Recluse
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Hermit; loner.
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Recondite
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Abstruse; profound; secret.
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Refractory
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Stubborn; unmanageable.
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Refute
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Disprove
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Relegate
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Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign.
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Reprobate
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Person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency.
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Repudiate
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Disown; disavow.
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Rescind
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Cancel
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Resolution
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Determination.
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Reticent
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Reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence.
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Reverent
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Respectful; worshipful.
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Sage
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Person celebrated for wisdom.
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Salubrious
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Healthful.
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Satiate
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Satisfy fully.
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Secrete
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Hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism.
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Shard
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Fragment, generally of pottery.
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Solicitous
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Worried; concerned.
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Soporific
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Sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness.
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Spectrum
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Colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism.
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Sporadic
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Occurring irregularly.
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Stigma
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Token of disgrace; brand.
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Stipulate
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Make express conditions; specify.
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Striated
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Marked with parallel bands; grooved.
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Substantiate
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Establish by evidence; verify; support.
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Supersede
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Cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete.
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Tangential
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Peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing.
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Tenuous
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Thin; rare; slim.
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Tirade
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Extended scolding; denunciation; harangue.
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Torpor
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Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy.
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Truculence
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Aggressiveness; ferocity.
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Vacillate
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Waver; fluctuate.
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Venerate
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Revere.
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Veracious
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Truthful
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Verbose
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Wordy
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Viable
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Practical or workable.
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Viscous
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Sticky, gluey.
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Vituperative
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Abusive; scolding.
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Volatile
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Changeable; explosive; evaporation rapidly.
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Warranted
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Justified; authorized.
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Welter
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Turmoil; bewildering jumble.
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Whimsical
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Capricious; fanciful.
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Zealot
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Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal.
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Abstract
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Thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects.
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Accumulate
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To gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up.
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Accurate
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Free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model.
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Advocate
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To speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument.
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Aggregate
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Collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total.
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Allocate
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To set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot.
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Alter
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To make different in some particular way, as size, style, course, or modify.
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Alternative
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A choice limited to one of two or more possibilities.
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Ambiguous
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Open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations.
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Amend
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To modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.).
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Analogy
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A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based.
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Analyze
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To separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements.
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Annual
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Of, for, or pertaining to a year; yearly.
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Anticipate
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To realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee.
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Apparent
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Readily seen; exposed to sight; open to view.
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Append
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To add as a supplement, accessory, or appendix; subjoin.
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Appreciate
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Appreciates, appreciating, appreciation, unappreciated.
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Approach
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To come near or nearer to.
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Appropriate
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Suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.
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Approximate
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Near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
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Arbitrary
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Subject to individual will or judgment without restriction.
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Aspect
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Appearance to the eye or mind.
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Assemble
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To estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
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Assess
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To fix or determine the value or amount.
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Assign
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To give or allocate; allot.
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Assist
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To give support or aid to.
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Assume
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To take for granted or without proof; suppose; postulate.
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Assure
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To declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence.
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Attach
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To fasten or affix; join; connect.
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Attain
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To reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain.
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Attitude
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Manner, disposition, feeling, position.
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Attribute
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To regard as resulting from a specified cause.
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Author
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A person who writes a novel, poem, essay.
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Authority
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The power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes.
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Automate
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To apply the principles of automation to a mechanical process.
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Available
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Suitable or ready for use; of use or service.
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Benefit
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Something that is advantageous or good; an advantage.
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Bias
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A particular tendency or inclination.
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Brief
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Lasting or taking a short time; using few words; concise; succinct.
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Capable
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Having power and ability; efficient; competent.
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Capacity
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The ability to receive or contain.
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Category
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Any general or comprehensive division; a class.
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Cease
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To stop; discontinue; to come to an end.
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Challenge
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A call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength.
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Channel
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A navigable route between two bodies of water.
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Chart
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A sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
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Chemical
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A substance produced by or used in a chemical process.
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Circumstance
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A condition, detail, or attribute, with respect to time, place, manner.
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Clarify
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To make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible.
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Classic
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Of the first or highest quality, class, or rank.
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Clause
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A syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate.
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Coherent
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Logically connected; consistent.
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Coincide
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To occupy the same place in space, or the same relative position.
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Collapse
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To fall or cave in; crumble suddenly.
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Colleague
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An associate.
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Commence
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To begin; start.
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Commission
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The act of committing or giving in charge.
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Commit
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To give in trust or charge; consign.
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Commodity
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An article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.
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Communicate
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To impart knowledge of; make known.
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Community
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A social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality.
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Compatible
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Capable of existing or living together in harmony.
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Compensate
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To recompense for something.
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Compile
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To put together.
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Complement
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Something that completes or makes perfect.
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Complex
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Composed of many interconnected parts.
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Component
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A constituent part; element; ingredient.
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Compound
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Composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients.
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Comprehensive
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Of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive.
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Comprise
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To include or contain.
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Compute
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To determine by calculation; reckon; calculate.
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Conceive
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To form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.).
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Concentrate
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To bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge.
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Concept
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A general notion or idea.
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Conclude
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To bring to an end; finish; terminate.
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Concurrent
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Occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side.
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Conduct
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Personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
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Confer
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To consult together; compare opinions.
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Confine
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To enclose within bounds; limit or restrict.
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Confirm
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To establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of.
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Conflict
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To come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, or in opposition.
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Conform
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To act in accordance or harmony; comply.
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Consent
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To permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield.
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Consequent
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Following as an effect or result; resulting.
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Considerable
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Rather large or great in size, distance or extent.
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Consist
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To be made up or composed.
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Constant
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Not changing or varying; uniform; regular; invariable.
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Constitute
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To compose; form; to appoint to an office or function.
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Constrain
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To force, compel, or oblige.
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Construct
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To build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
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Consult
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To seek advice or information from; ask guidance from.
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Consume
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To destroy or expend by use; use up.
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Contact
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The act or state of touching; as of two things or people.
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Contemporary
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Existing, occurring, or living at the same time.
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Context
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The parts of a statement influencing its meaning or effect.
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Contract
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An agreement between for the doing or not doing a specific action.
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Contradict
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To assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
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Contrary
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Opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact.
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Contrast
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To compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures.
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Contribute
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To give to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
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Controversy
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A prolonged public dispute or disputation concerning a matter of opinion.
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Convene
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To come together or assemble, usually for some public purpose.
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Converse
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To talk informally with another or others; exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking.
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Convert
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To change (something) into a different form or properties; transmute; transform.
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Convince
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To move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action.
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Cooperate
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To work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
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Coordinate
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Of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
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Corporate
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Of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations.
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Correspond
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To be in agreement or conformity (often followed by with or to ).
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Couple
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Two of the same sort considered together; pair.
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Criteria
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A standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
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Crucial
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Involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical.
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Culture
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The quality that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, etc.
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Currency
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Something that is used as a medium of exchange; money.
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Debate
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A discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints.
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Decade
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A period of ten years.
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Decline
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To withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse.
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Deduce
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To derive as a conclusion from something known or assumed.
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Definite
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Clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact.
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Demonstrate
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To make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove.
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Denote
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To be a mark or sign of; indicate.
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Depress
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To make sad or gloomy; lower in spirits; deject; dispirit.
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Derive
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To receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
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Detect
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To discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act.
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Deviate
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To turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
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Devote
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To give up or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc.
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Differentiate
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To form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
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Dimension
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A property of space; extension in a given direction.
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Discrete
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Apart or detached from others; separate; distinct.
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Discriminate
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To make a distinction on the basis of the group category rather than according to actual merit.
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Displace
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To compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
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Dispose
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To give a tendency or inclination to; incline.
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Distinct
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Distinguished as not being the same; not identical; separate (sometimes followed by from ).
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Distort
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To twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed.
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Distribute
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To divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
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Diverse
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Of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike.
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Domain
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A field of action, thought, influence, etc.
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Domestic
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Of or pertaining to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family.
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Dominate
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To rule over; govern; control.
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Drama
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A composition involving conflict or contrast of character; a play.
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Dynamic
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Pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action.
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Economy
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Thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
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Element
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A component of a whole or one of the parts into which a whole may be resolved by analysis.
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Eliminate
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To remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable.
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Emerge
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To come forth into view or notice, as from concealment or obscurity.
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Emphasis
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Apecial stress laid upon, or importance attached to, anything.
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Energy
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The capacity for vigorous activity; available power.
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Enforce
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To put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule.
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Enormous
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Greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.
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Environment
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The aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings.
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Equate
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To regard, treat, or represent as equivalent.
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Equivalent
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Equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.
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Erode
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To eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration.
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Establish
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To found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis.
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Estimate
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To form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc.
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Ethic
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The body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group.
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Evaluate
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To determine or set the value or amount of; appraise.
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Explicit
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Fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal.
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Exploit
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A striking or notable deed; feat; spirited or heroic act.
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Extract
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To get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force.
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Federal
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Pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states.
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Finite
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Having bounds or limits; not infinite; measurable.
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Flexible
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Capable of being bent, usually without breaking.
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Fluctuate
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To change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly.
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Guarantee
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A promise , especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, etc.
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Hierarchy
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Any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
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Hypothesis
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A proposition assumed as a premise in an argument.
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Ideology
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The body of doctrine that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.
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Immigrate
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To come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
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Implement
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Any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil.
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Implicate
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To show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner.
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Impose
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To lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.
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Incentive
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Something to incite to action, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
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Incidence
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The rate or range of occurrence of something, especially of something unwanted.
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Inevitable
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Unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary.
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Infrastructure
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The basic underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
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Initial
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Of, pertaining to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
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Innovate
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To introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
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Institute
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To set up; establish; organize.
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Integrate
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To bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
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Intelligent
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Having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend animals.
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Interval
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An intervening period of time.
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Intervene
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To come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate.
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Intrinsic
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Belonging to a thing by its very nature.
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Invest
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To put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profits.
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Investigate
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To examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of.
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Invoke
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To call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for.
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Involve
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To include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence.
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Isolate
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To set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
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Legislate
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To make or enact laws.
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Levy
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An imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
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Liberal
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Favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
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Locate
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To identify or discover the place or location of.
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Maintain
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To keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain.
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Major
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One of superior rank, ability, etc., in a specified class.
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Manipulate
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To manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner.
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Maximize
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To increase to the greatest possible amount or degree.
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Mediate
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To settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties.
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Medical
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Of or pertaining to the science or practice of medicine.
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Migrate
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To go from one country, region, or place to another.
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Minimize
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To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
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Monitor
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A person appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, or keep order.
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Negate
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To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of.
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Orient
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The countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
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Paradigm
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An example that serves as a pattern or model.
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Perspective
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A technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface.
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Phenomenon
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A fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable.
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Pursue
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To follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
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Rational
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Agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible.
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Reluctance
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Unwillingness; disinclination.
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Revenue
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The income of a government from taxation, excise duties, customs, or other sources.
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Sequence
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The following of one thing after another; succession.
