| adoption |
the act of becoming the legal parent of a child who is not one's biological offspring. |
| bind |
to tie together or fasten tightly with a rope or cord. |
| bygone |
gone by; former; past. |
| initial |
(usually plural) the first letters in a person's name. |
| marvelous |
causing wonder or amazement. |
| poll |
a set of questions given to large numbers of people. Polls are used to gather information about what the public thinks. |
| receipt |
the act or fact of receiving. |
| resident |
a person who lives in a particular place. |
| risky |
involving a chance of getting hurt or losing something. |
| slobber |
to let liquid, especially saliva, dribble from the mouth; drool. |
| sober |
not drunk; not intoxicated. |
| supervisor |
a person who watches over other workers and who guides and disciplines them. |
| traditional |
relating to customs and ways of doing things in a particular culture that are passed down from parents to children. |
| vaccine |
a substance used to protect people and animals from very serious diseases. Vaccines contain germs of a particular disease--these germs been killed or changed in a certain way in a laboratory to make them safe. A vaccine goes into a person's body in a shot that is given by a doctor or nurse. After a vaccine is put into a person's body, that person will not get that disease or will get only a mild case. |
| weapon |
an object or device used to attack or defend. |