| adopt |
to become a parent of (a child) by law, or to accept an animal as a pet and become responsible for it. |
| benefit |
to be helpful to; have good results for. |
| community |
a particular area where a group of people live. |
| devour |
to eat or swallow in a greedy way. |
| drape |
to decorate or cover with a cloth that hangs in folds. |
| enjoyable |
pleasant; giving joy. |
| fragment |
a broken-off or incomplete part. |
| importance |
the quality or condition of having great significance or value. |
| mammoth |
a very large extinct mammal closely related to elephants. Mammoths were much bigger than elephants, and had shaggy black fur and long tusks that curved upward. Several kinds of mammoths lived in the Northern Hemisphere until the end of the last Ice Age. |
| occur |
to take place; happen. |
| pest |
someone or something that annoys or bothers; nuisance. |
| sail |
to move over the water. |
| senator |
a member of a senate, a governmental body that serves in the making of laws for a state or country. |
| slouch |
to sit, stand, or move with a bent, careless posture. |
| territory |
the land and waters that belong to a country. |