| defensive |
used to protect or guard against attack. |
| description |
the act of using words to tell others what something is or was like. |
| downtown |
of or located in the lower part or the business area of a city. |
| fashion |
the style of clothes or way of acting that is popular. |
| frequent |
happening often or repeated often. |
| 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. |
| hibernate |
to sleep through the winter in a den or burrow to save energy. Bears, snakes, and certain other animals hibernate. |
| issue |
to make, give out, or publish. |
| merchant |
an owner of a shop. |
| revenge |
to get even for or pay back by causing injury or harm. |
| rotate |
to cause to turn around on an axis. |
| scour1 |
to clean by rubbing hard. |
| shrug |
to raise the shoulders to show one does not know, does not care, or is not responsible. |
| situation |
state of affairs; circumstances. |
| twitch |
to move or pull with a quick, sudden motion; jerk. |