| 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. |
| destination |
the place to which a person is going or goods or baggage are sent. |
| flare |
to begin to burn brightly (often followed by "up"). |
| foreign |
in, from, or having to do with a country that is not one's own. |
| fragment |
a broken-off or incomplete part. |
| fruitful |
producing a rich and abundant growth. |
| headquarters |
(used with a singular or plural verb) the main office of any organization. |
| relate |
to tell the story of. |
| span |
the stretch or reach between two points. |
| stump |
a base of a tree that is left standing after the tree has been cut down. |
| sufficient |
enough; as much as needed. |
| support |
to bear. |
| swamp |
a wet, low area of land that is usually covered with water; bog; marsh. |
| text |
the body of a printed work as distinguished from its title, headings, notes, and the like. |
| thicken |
to make or become thick or thicker. |