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region collapse: the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"; a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"; the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100"

warehouse collapse: a storehouse for goods and merchandise; store in a warehouse

scholarship collapse: financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit

salient collapse: (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy; (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees

impressionable collapse: easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"

faculty collapse: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

predetermination collapse: the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place

mentality collapse: a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

ministry collapse: the work of a minister of religion; "he is studying for the ministry"; building where the business of a government department is transacted; religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian); a government department under the direction of a minister

perceive collapse: become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest"; to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

intelligent collapse: having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"; endowed with the capacity to reason; possessing sound knowledge; "well-informed readers"

truth collapse: a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is that he didn't want to do it"; a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"; United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883); conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"

facile collapse: performing adroitly and without effort; "a facile hand"; arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"

pleasure principle collapse: (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality

adultery collapse: extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce"

glare collapse: an angry stare; great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the flowers were a blaze of color"; shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"; be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface"

logic collapse: reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"; a system of reasoning; the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation; "economic logic requires it"; "by the logic of war"; the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations; the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

innocence collapse: a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; "the trial established his innocence"

tabula rasa collapse: a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke)

understand collapse: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"; believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"; make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

hearing collapse: (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence; the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"; a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken; "the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago"; an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"

blue book collapse: a blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations; a register of persons who are socially prominent; a report published by the British government; bound in blue

willing collapse: disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers"

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