| award |
to give as a prize or honor. |
| conduct |
to lead or guide. |
| defy |
to refuse to obey. |
| gimmick |
a clever device or idea whose only purpose is to get a customer's attention. |
| graduation |
the act or process of graduating. |
| grill |
a rack of metal bars used to hold foods for cooking over flames. |
| grumble |
to complain in a low voice. |
| lair |
a wild animal's shelter; den. |
| nominate |
to choose as a candidate for election. |
| quest |
a search or pursuit. |
| refresh |
to bring back the energy or spirits of. |
| ripe |
fully grown and ready for harvest or eating. |
| stocky |
thick, sturdy, and often short in build or form; stout. |
| totally |
completely; entirely. |
| vaccine |
a substance used to protect people and animals from very serious diseases. Vaccines contain germs of a particular disease--these germs been killed or changed in a certain way in a laboratory to make them safe. A vaccine goes into a person's body in a shot that is given by a doctor or nurse. After a vaccine is put into a person's body, that person will not get that disease or will get only a mild case. |