| apprentice |
someone who works for somebody else to learn that person's skill or trade. |
| customer |
a person who buys products or services. |
| dual |
of or having two parts; double. |
| extreme |
at the farthest point of something. |
| fleece |
the wool of an animal, usually a sheep. |
| pal |
(informal) a fairly close friend. |
| pluck |
to grab with the fingers and pull off; pick. |
| scarcely |
almost not; just barely. |
| scour1 |
to clean by rubbing hard. |
| scroll |
a roll of paper or parchment, used to write or draw on. |
| selection |
the act of choosing one thing from a group. |
| superior |
having a higher position, degree, or rank. |
| survive |
to continue to live despite serious threat to one's life. |
| unfortunate |
having bad luck; unlucky. |
| vaccine |
a substance used to protect people and animals from very serious diseases. Vaccines contain germs of a particular disease--these germs been killed or changed in a certain way in a laboratory to make them safe. A vaccine goes into a person's body in a shot that is given by a doctor or nurse. After a vaccine is put into a person's body, that person will not get that disease or will get only a mild case. |