| Term | Definition |
| apprehend | to capture, arrest; to understand, to grasp with the mind |
| astound | to greatly amaze, to astonish |
| barren | not producing anything, such as crops or offspring |
| congestion | an overcrowding, a clogging |
| denounce | to accuse publicly, to criticize strongly |
| diligent | hard-working; making a steady effort |
| dominate | to rule by strength or power; to be most important, to control |
| emit | to send out, give off; to utter |
| gibberish | meaningless chatter; nonsense |
| hypocrisy | a pretending to be what one is not; saying one thing and doing another |
| impenetrable | not capable of being entered or passed through |
| likelihood | the fact of being likely to happen; something that is likely to happen |
| mutual | done or felt by each of two people toward the other; shared by all or common to all |
| offbeat | out of the ordinary; different than most; strange |
| terminate | to put an end to; to stop; to come to an end |