| appall |
to cause to feel shock or horror. |
| assessment |
a judgment or evaluation. |
| borrow |
to take with the promise to return or replace. |
| developer |
someone who buys land and makes it ready to be used for homes, business, recreation, or the like. |
| fatal |
causing or able to cause death. |
| fruitful |
producing a rich and abundant growth. |
| heckle |
to bother a public speaker or performer by saying rude things or asking annoying questions. |
| instruct |
to teach; educate; tell. |
| poet |
a person who writes poetry. |
| punctuate |
to put commas, periods, apostrophes, and other such marks in a piece of writing. |
| smuggle |
to take in or out of a country illegally. |
| stiffen |
to make or become rigid, harder, or less flexible. |
| thrash |
to give a beating to; whip. |
| tick1 |
the repeated clicking sound of a watch or clock. |
| uphold |
to support or decide in favor of, when faced with a challenge. |