| background |
all of a person's experience, education, and origins. |
| deserve |
to be worthy of or have a right to. |
| dreary |
gloomy, sad, or dull. |
| expect |
to hope for or look forward to. |
| importance |
the quality or condition of having great significance or value. |
| involve |
to have as a necessary part or result; include. |
| pleasant |
nice; enjoyable. |
| portrait |
a painting, drawing, photograph or sculpture of a person. |
| scrimp |
to save in every way possible; to spend very little. |
| slender |
slim in an attractive way. |
| souvenir |
something kept as a reminder of a place, event, or friendship; memento. |
| species |
a group of living things that naturally produce young with other members of the same group but not with those of other groups. |
| tardy |
late or delayed. |
| tragic |
causing death, destruction, or disaster. |
| undertow |
a strong current of ocean water moving in the opposite direction from the waves moving toward shore. |