| cackle |
sharp, broken laughter. |
| complication |
something that makes a situation more difficult or involved. |
| delete |
to remove from a written work. |
| discomfort |
a condition of being uneasy or in pain. |
| fate |
the power that is often believed to decide what will happen in human life or history. |
| fender |
a metal guard over the wheel of a truck, car, or bicycle. |
| grammar |
the rules for forming the words and sentences of a language. Some of these rules have to be learned. Other rules are already in the head of a native speaker. For example, a native English speaker would not say, "I a cat bitten by was," because the grammar does not make sense. When one learns a new language, most of the rules of its grammar have to be learned. |
| grumble |
to complain in a low voice. |
| murmur |
to make a soft, muffled, continuous sound. |
| racial |
having to do with a race of people. |
| revolution |
the overthrow of a political system or government by force, and the setting up of a new government in its place. |
| snicker |
to laugh in a sly and partly restrained way. |
| state |
the condition of a person or thing. |
| tightly |
in a firm, close, or secure way. |
| width |
the length of something from one side to the other. |