| background |
all of a person's experience, education, and origins. |
| environment |
the things and conditions that are all around one. |
| evaluation |
a careful study of something in order to judge it or measure it. |
| expensive |
costing a lot of money; having a high price. |
| foe |
one who wishes ill on another; personal enemy. |
| largely |
mostly; mainly; to a large extent. |
| margin |
an edge or the area near it; border. |
| marine |
having to do with the sea; living in or caused by the sea. |
| perhaps |
maybe; possibly. |
| posse |
a group of people gathered by a sheriff to help pursue and bring in a criminal. |
| prickly |
full of small, sharp points. |
| prophecy |
a prediction or warning of future events. |
| sensitive |
able to smell, hear, taste, feel, or see very well. |
| soar |
to fly or glide in a swift, easy way and at a very great height. |
| specimen |
a part or example used to represent a larger whole. |