| batch |
an amount used or produced at one time. |
| beloved |
cherished and adored. |
| commissioner |
the head of a government department. |
| contractor |
a person who signs an agreement to carry out a particular job at a certain price and also to supply necessary things for the job. A contractor often hires, supervises, and pays other people to help or to do the work. A person in charge of building or repairing a house is often a contractor. |
| culprit |
a person who is charged with or is guilty of doing something wrong. |
| defiant |
showing no respect for authority; refusing to obey. |
| feeble |
without strength; weak in body or mind. |
| method |
a way of doing something. |
| myth |
a story or group of stories that form part of the traditional knowledge of a society. Myths often use imaginative plots and characters to explain how the world began and why nature and people behave the way they do. |
| nonprofit |
of a business, not established to make more money than is necessary to pay employees and to remain in operation. |
| retrieve |
to bring or get back; recover. |
| spiral |
curving or circling around a fixed point but moving farther away or nearer to it. |
| tighten |
to make more secure or more securely fastened. |
| total |
the whole amount; sum. |
| touchdown |
the act of scoring six points in football by catching or carrying the ball behind the opponent's goal line. |