| bloom |
to produce flowers. |
| cemetery |
a place where the dead are buried; graveyard. |
| commotion |
a noisy confusion; disorder. |
| delete |
to remove from a written work. |
| emerge |
to rise up from or come into view. |
| equip |
to provide with what is needed to complete a task. |
| insist |
to be firm about something; refuse to give up. |
| mattress |
a large pad that supports the body while sleeping, made of a strong fabric filled with soft material such as cotton, hair, straw, or foam rubber. |
| nominee |
a person or thing that has been nominated for an office or honor. |
| precipitation |
the act of water falling in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail. |
| prefer |
to choose above all others as the best liked or most wanted. |
| recall |
to bring a past event into the mind; remember. |
| scoundrel |
a wicked person; villain. |
| talon |
a claw of a bird or animal. |
| well-known |
famous; familiar. |