| attendance |
the number of people present. |
| beckon |
to signal to come using a motion of the head or hands. |
| borrow |
to take with the promise to return or replace. |
| broad |
wide; large; full of space. |
| captive |
held as prisoner. |
| convince |
to cause to believe or accept (often followed by "of"). |
| eavesdrop |
to listen to other people talk without letting them know. |
| educate |
to provide knowledge, training, and guidance to. |
| guide |
to direct or lead along a way that is not familiar. |
| handicap |
anything that makes things harder or keeps one from doing better. |
| intense |
having a very great degree of something, such as heat, or being in a very great degree or state. |
| meantime |
the time that is in between. |
| occupy |
to take and control. |
| probably |
quite likely; almost certainly. |
| unity |
the condition of being united or of acting as one. |