| achieve |
to do or carry out successfully; accomplish. |
| congratulate |
to praise and express pleasure at the achievement or good luck of. |
| culprit |
a person who is charged with or is guilty of doing something wrong. |
| discover |
to find or see before anyone else. |
| downward |
toward a lower place or condition. |
| elderly |
old or aging. |
| encyclopedia |
a book or set of books that has information on a wide variety of subjects, or on many aspects of one subject. |
| pluck |
to grab with the fingers and pull off; pick. |
| shrivel |
to cause to wrinkle or become smaller. |
| soot |
a fine, black powder made during burning. Soot collects in chimneys or is carried into the air in smoke. |
| species |
a group of living things that naturally produce young with other members of the same group but not with those of other groups. |
| stale |
having lost its taste or moisture; not fresh. |
| stalk1 |
a plant's main stem. |
| strongly |
with great certainty or passion. |
| totter |
to sway or rock as if about to fall. |