Rendezvous - A meeting at a prearranged time and place
Enterprise - An undertaking, especially one of some scope, complication, and risk
Continuity - An uninterrupted succession or flow; a coherent whole
Inconsistent - Displaying or marked by a lack of consistency, especially
Instability - Lack of physical stability; unsteadiness
Untapped - Not having been tapped: an untapped cask of wine
Subsurface - Of, relating to, or situated in an area beneath a surface, especially the surface of the earth or of a body of water
Exhaustion - The act or an instance of exhausting
Aquifer - An underground bed or layer of earth, gravel, or porous stone that yields water
Proportion - part considered in relation to the whole
Heritage - Property that is or can be inherited; an inheritance
Sustain - To keep in existence; maintain
Jilted - To deceive or drop (a lover) suddenly or callously
Philosophical - Of, relating to, or based on a system of philosophy
Affliction - condition of pain, suffering, or distress
Optimist - One who usually expects a favorable outcome
Vulnerability - Susceptible to physical or emotional injury
Conventioneers - One who attends a convention
Isolationist - national policy of abstaining from political or economic relations with other countries
Presumably - That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster
Pesticides - chemical used to kill pests, especially insects
Immunities - The quality or condition of being immune
Exclusive - Excluding or tending to exclude: exclusive barriers
Inaugurated - To induct into office by a formal ceremony
Consequence - Something that logically or naturally follows from an action or condition
Radioactivity - Spontaneous emission of radiation, either directly from unstable atomic nuclei or as a consequence of a nuclear reaction
Patriotic - Feeling, expressing, or inspired by love for one's country
Malnutrition - Poor nutrition because of an insufficient or poorly balanced diet or faulty digestion or utilization of foods
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Descended - To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down
Exclusion - The act or practice of excluding
Diversity - The fact or quality of being diverse; difference
Heritage - Property that is or can be inherited; an inheritance
Interracial - Relating to, involving, or representing different races: interracial fellowship; an interracial neighborhood
Exclusion - The act or practice of excluding
Diversity - The fact or quality of being diverse; difference
Comparatively - Relating to, based on, or involving comparison
Heritage - Property that is or can be inherited; an inheritance
Tolerable - Capable of being tolerated; endurable
Voyeuristic - A person who derives sexual gratification from observing the naked bodies or sexual acts of others, especially from a secret vantage
Vigilantes - One who takes or advocates the taking of law enforcement into one's own hands
Ethnocentricity - Belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group
Anarchist - An advocate of or a participant in anarchism
Licentious - Lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint, especially in sexual conduct
Quintessentially - Of, relating to, or having the nature of a quintessence; being the most typical: "Liszt was the quintessential romantic"
Archetypal - An ideal example of a type; quintessence: an archetype of the successful entrepreneur
Unaccustomed - Not being habituated. Used with to: is still unaccustomed to a life of stress
Bipolar - Relating to or having two poles or charges
Degraded - To reduce in grade, rank, or status; demote
Stigmatized - To characterize or brand as disgraceful or ignominious
Manifesto - A public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially of a political nature
Catalyzed - To modify, especially to increase, the rate of (a chemical reaction) by catalysis
Predisposed - To make (someone) inclined to something in advance: His good manners predispose people in his favor
Strikebreakers - One who works or provides an employer with workers during a strike
Humanitarian - One who is devoted to the promotion of human welfare and the advancement of social reforms; a philanthropist
Acculturate - To cause (a society, for example) to change by the process of acculturation
Sojourner - To reside temporarily
Disillusioned - To free or deprive of illusion
Paganism - One who is not a Christian, Muslim, or Jew, especially a worshiper of a polytheistic religion
Partisans - A weapon having a blade with lateral projections mounted on the end of a long shaft, used chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries
Intertwined - To join or become joined by twining together
Coercion - The act or practice of coercing
Analogy - Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar
Hierarchy - body of persons having authority
Paradox - A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking
Antipathy - A strong feeling of aversion or repugnance
Scapegoats - One that is made to bear the blame of others
Docility - Ready and willing to be taught; teachable
Propaganda - The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause
Miscegenation - The interbreeding of different races or of persons of different racial backgrounds
Defilement - To march in single file or in files or columns
Treachery - Willful betrayal of fidelity, confidence, or trust; perfidy
Nisei - A person born in America of parents who emigrated from Japan
Segregation - The act or process of segregating or the condition of being segregated
Gentile - One who is not of the Jewish faith or is of a non-Jewish nation
Communitarians - A member or supporter of a small cooperative or a collectivist community
Polygamy - The condition or practice of having more than one spouse at one time. Also called plural marriage