| abuse |
cruel or harmful treatment. |
| additional |
more; added. |
| chaos |
a state, condition, or place of complete confusion or disorder. |
| conduit |
a channel, ditch, or pipe used to convey water or other liquid. |
| deflate |
to cause to shrink or collapse by letting out air or gas. |
| desolate |
without the things that are necessary or desirable for life. |
| encrusted |
covered with a hard or crisp layer of something. |
| freshman |
a student in the first year of high school, college, or university. |
| literary |
having to do with poems, novels, plays, and essays, or those who write or read them. |
| pivot |
a rod or pin upon which another part rotates, swings, or moves back and forth. |
| rueful |
feeling, showing, or causing regret or sorrow. |
| scoff |
to laugh at, mock, or criticize scornfully (often followed by "at"). |
| shareholder |
a person who owns stock in a business organization. |
| sibling |
a sister or a brother. |
| simplify |
to make plainer, easier, or less complex. |