| acquaintance |
a person one has met but does not know well. |
| citadel |
a fortress built on a high place in or near a city. |
| congestion |
the condition of being excessively full, especially the condition of a road or highway being overly filled with traveling vehicles or pedestrians. |
| dainty |
small, pretty, and delicate. |
| emotional |
having to do with the feelings, including how one feels about oneself in relation to others. |
| justify |
to show to be true or right; prove. |
| mechanism |
the working or moving part or process that causes a result. |
| mirage |
an illusion in which something is seen in the distance but is not really there. |
| moderate |
not too much or too little; within limits. |
| narrator |
a person or character who tells a story. |
| preventive |
made to get in the way of or to block something. |
| tantalize |
to tease or torment with the sight or prospect of something desirable but unattainable. |
| terminal |
found at or forming the end of something. |
| withhold |
to hold back; control. |
| wrought |
worked, done, put together, or shaped. |