| accustom |
to cause (oneself or another) to become used to something over time. |
| carnivore |
an animal that eats the flesh of other animals. |
| counsel |
help or advice given by an authority or wise person. |
| daze |
to stun by a blow or shock. |
| focus |
to direct one's attention or efforts towards one thing; concentrate. |
| fund |
a supply of money or other resources that is held for a particular purpose. |
| hermit |
a person who lives alone and away from others. Often a person becomes a hermit in order to lead a religious life. |
| impostor |
a person who cheats or tricks others by pretending to be another person. |
| invention |
the act or process of coming up with or creating something new. |
| investigator |
a person who makes a careful search for information usually in order to answer a question. |
| neither |
not one or the other of two (usually paired with "nor" in a sentence). |
| property |
all of one's possessions taken as a whole, or a part of those possessions. |
| purchase |
something that is bought. |
| request |
the act of asking for something. |
| 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. |