| beholder |
one who looks or sees. |
| coil |
to wind into circles. |
| depart |
to leave; go away. |
| gossip |
tales or talk about the personal lives and secrets of others when they are not present. |
| grammar |
the rules for forming the words and sentences of a language. Some of these rules have to be learned. Other rules are already in the head of a native speaker. For example, a native English speaker would not say, "I a cat bitten by was," because the grammar does not make sense. When one learns a new language, most of the rules of its grammar have to be learned. |
| imprint |
a mark or design made by pressing or printing on a surface. |
| interest |
the desire to learn, know, or take part in something. |
| knowledge |
understanding; awareness. |
| patient |
a person or animal that is getting medical treatment. |
| photographer |
a person whose job is to take photographs. |
| precipitation |
the act of water falling in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail. |
| stew |
to cook by boiling slowly in a closed pot. |
| terrorist |
one who uses violence, torture, or physical intimidation to achieve one's ends, especially one's political ends. |
| victor |
the winner of a contest, battle, argument, or struggle. |
| whimper |
to cry in weak, broken sounds. |