| authority |
the right or power to give orders, make decisions, or control people. |
| choke |
to stop or prevent the breathing of by squeezing or blocking the windpipe. |
| commonly |
ordinarily; usually. |
| conduct |
to lead or guide. |
| creative |
able to make or do something new or with imagination. |
| deem |
to consider, suppose, or judge. |
| dissolve |
to mix completely with liquid. |
| especially |
more than usually; to a great degree. |
| generally |
for the most part. |
| 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. |
| juvenile |
young; not grown up. |
| magazine |
a printed collection of stories, pictures, articles, and advertisements. Magazines come out weekly, monthly, or at some other regular period of time. |
| old-fashioned |
looking or being like past styles, manners, or ways of behaving. |
| stunt1 |
to stop or slow the growth of. |
| vibrate |
to move back and forth very rapidly and steadily. |