| adult |
having grown up. |
| beg |
to ask a favor of; to plead for. |
| bench |
a long seat, often made of wood and without a back. |
| candle |
a stick of wax with a string through the middle. The string burns and gives off light. |
| cause |
something that makes a thing happen. |
| celebration |
a party or anything else that people do to honor a special event. |
| coffin |
a box in which a dead person is buried. |
| explorer |
a person who travels through an area that is unknown to find out what is there. |
| few |
only a small number of. |
| gaze |
a steady look without blinking. |
| owe |
to have to pay; be in debt to someone. |
| pit1 |
a deep natural or artificial hole in the ground. |
| pitch1 |
the throw of a baseball by the pitcher toward the batter, who tries to hit it. |
| silence |
a lack of sound. |
| subway |
a train in a city that carries passengers and travels under the ground. |