| ace |
a person who is a master or expert at something. |
| ambitious |
having or showing a strong desire to succeed. |
| appall |
to cause to feel shock or horror. |
| basement |
the space in a building that is underground or partly underground. |
| career |
the work a person chooses to do through life. |
| earnings |
money received as pay; wages. |
| fumble |
to search or feel about for something in a nervous or clumsy way. |
| governor |
a person who leads a state of the United States or some other political unit. |
| gruesome |
frightening in a disgusting way; horrible. |
| hypnosis |
a condition like sleep that is caused by the direction of another person. People under hypnosis may do or say things as directed or suggested by the person who has put them in this condition. |
| irrigate |
to supply with water by artificial means from a natural source of water. |
| leisure |
freedom from work or other duties that take time and effort; free time. |
| novel2 |
new and unusual. |
| permission |
agreement from an authority that one may do something. |
| scholarship |
money given to students to help pay for their education. |