| assault |
a violent physical or verbal attack. |
| career |
the work a person chooses to do through life. |
| council |
a group of persons gathered together to discuss or make decisions about public matters. For example, a city council may make laws for or give advice on how to run a city. |
| frequent |
happening often or repeated often. |
| grill |
a rack of metal bars used to hold foods for cooking over flames. |
| mammoth |
a very large extinct mammal closely related to elephants. Mammoths were much bigger than elephants, and had shaggy black fur and long tusks that curved upward. Several kinds of mammoths lived in the Northern Hemisphere until the end of the last Ice Age. |
| old-fashioned |
looking or being like past styles, manners, or ways of behaving. |
| outcome |
a result of something. |
| possession |
the act or condition of having or owning something. |
| protective |
keeping safe from harm or used to shield against danger. |
| reason |
a cause or explanation for an action, opinion, or event. |
| restate |
to say or write again or in a different way. |
| series |
a group of related things that come one after another. |
| strict |
requiring obedience or hard effort. |
| transport |
the act of carrying or moving from one place to another. |