experiencing mental or emotional strain or tension. To put pressure on something or someone.

characterized by belief that parts of something are intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to whole.

stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets. Essential supplies of some things. provide with resources.

To combine together; make into one thing.

Act of going away from something difficult. withdraw from enemy forces as result of their superior power or after defeat.

Happening in the same time period. contemporary person or thing.

engaging in speech. action of talking. To make a formal speech about something.

officially recognized as possessing certain qualifications. To confirm the truth or reality of something.

spoken or written account of person or event.

Meeting to ask questions to get information. To formally ask questions about a given topic.

knowledge or perception of situation or fact.

To keep in check, manage, or control something.

To become aware of or understand mentally.

set of things working together as parts of mechanism. Sets of organized planned ideas that work together.

upper joint of each of person's arms and part of body between this and neck. Parts of a shirt or coat that covers the shoulders. To carry something around your neck.