| achievement |
something achieved through hard work, courage, or skill. |
| construction |
the act or process of putting parts together to build or create. |
| defy |
to refuse to obey. |
| deliver |
to send or bring to a particular person or place. |
| gene |
a tiny section of a chromosome. A gene causes a particular characteristic, such as eye color or hair color, to be passed on from parent to offspring. |
| gossip |
tales or talk about the personal lives and secrets of others when they are not present. |
| lecture |
a talk given in front of an audience. |
| outcome |
a result of something. |
| rickety |
likely to fall over or fall apart; shaky. |
| specialty |
a special skill or field of study. |
| steady |
firmly fixed in position; stable. |
| strum |
to play by running the fingers in a light way across the strings. |
| submerge |
to put underwater or in some other liquid. |
| veto |
the power of a government official or group to keep something from taking effect. |
| wail |
to make a long, loud cry out of sadness or pain. |