| adapt |
to change for a particular use. |
| annual |
happening once every year. |
| applause |
the clapping of hands in approval. |
| bleed |
to lose blood. |
| crouch |
to lower the body close to the ground by bending the legs. A cat about to pounce crouches, as does a person getting ready to run in a race. |
| factory |
a building or set of buildings where products are made by machines. |
| figure |
a number or other written symbol that is not a letter of the alphabet. |
| frisk |
to leap or skip in a lively and happy way. |
| longtime |
having existed or continued over a long period of time. |
| mumble |
to speak low and in a way that is not easy to understand; mutter. |
| old-fashioned |
looking or being like past styles, manners, or ways of behaving. |
| perpetual |
lasting forever. |
| sinister |
threatening or suggesting evil, injury, or danger; ominous. |
| theatrical |
of or relating to dramatic performance or the theater. |
| therefore |
for that reason; as a result. |