| contractor |
a person who signs an agreement to carry out a particular job at a certain price and also to supply necessary things for the job. A contractor often hires, supervises, and pays other people to help or to do the work. A person in charge of building or repairing a house is often a contractor. |
| elegant |
fine or rich in quality. |
| equality |
the condition of being the same in value, measure, or amount. |
| exclaim |
to speak suddenly and with strong feeling. |
| fatal |
causing or able to cause death. |
| improve |
to make better. |
| medication |
a medicine or drug. |
| pasture |
a piece of land on which animals are put to graze. |
| pluck |
to grab with the fingers and pull off; pick. |
| quiver1 |
to shake with very small, quick movements. |
| raid |
to make a sudden attack on or entry into (a place) in order to conquer, seize property, or make an arrest. |
| refer |
to send or direct to a source for help. |
| regular |
normal or usual. |
| surround |
to close off all sides of. |
| survey |
the collecting of information on a particular subject from a small portion of the public. |