| amazement |
wonder; great surprise. |
| ballot |
a piece of paper on which people who are voting enter their choices. |
| chamber |
a room. |
| dessert |
a sweet food served at the end of a meal. |
| edition |
one of a series of printings of the same published work. |
| fate |
the power that is often believed to decide what will happen in human life or history. |
| flirt |
to play at love; act in a romantic way that is not serious. |
| manufacture |
to make by machine in a large quantity. |
| ransom |
the payment demanded in return for setting a kidnapped person free, or the act of setting someone free by paying the price demanded. |
| respectable |
displaying good breeding, manners, or character. |
| slump |
to sink down or fall with all one's weight. |
| tidy |
neat and in order. |
| unleash |
to set free from or as if from a leash. |
| 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. |
| whirl |
to turn or spin quickly on a central point. |