| agency |
a company or organization that does business in support of other companies or people. An agency helps people do things that are difficult or complicated to do just by themselves. |
| confine |
to keep within limits; restrict. |
| detective |
a person, often a police officer, whose job is to find information that will solve crimes. |
| emigrant |
one who leaves a country to live in another. |
| hesitate |
to stop or pause because of not feeling sure. |
| hitch |
to join or fasten with a rope or straps. |
| homeland |
one's native country or region. |
| identity |
all of those things by which a person or thing is known or is considered as being. |
| mercy |
kind treatment by someone who has some power over another. |
| military |
the armed forces. |
| negligent |
not showing proper concern; careless. |
| opportunity |
a chance for a better situation. |
| splurge |
to spend money ostentatiously. |
| squirt |
to be shot out in a thin jet; spurt. |
| vibrate |
to move back and forth very rapidly and steadily. |