| baffle |
to confuse; puzzle. |
| carrier |
a person who brings or bears something. |
| cocoon |
a covering made by young insects and some other arthropods to protect themselves while they change from a pupa into an adult. Some spiders make cocoons to hide their eggs. |
| congress |
(capitalized) the branch of the U.S. government that is elected to make laws. Congress is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. |
| foreigner |
a person who is born in or is from a different country. |
| lousy |
(informal) nasty or mean. |
| original |
first; earliest. |
| production |
the act or process of making or manufacturing. |
| recline |
to lie down in a comfortable position. |
| seize |
to take hold of in a quick, forceful way; grab. |
| select |
preferred over others. |
| spiral |
curving or circling around a fixed point but moving farther away or nearer to it. |
| timid |
not bold or confident with other people; shy. |
| trespass |
an act of entering the property of another without permission, which is against the law. |
| undertow |
a strong current of ocean water moving in the opposite direction from the waves moving toward shore. |