| colony |
a place where a group of people come to settle which is under the control of their home country. |
| congratulation |
the act of expressing pleasure at the achievement or good luck of. |
| existence |
the condition of being alive or real. |
| imagine |
to form in the mind a thought, picture, or image of. |
| myth |
a story or group of stories that form part of the traditional knowledge of a society. Myths often use imaginative plots and characters to explain how the world began and why nature and people behave the way they do. |
| process |
a series of actions used to produce something or reach a goal. |
| property |
all of one's possessions taken as a whole, or a part of those possessions. |
| rumble |
to make a long, low, rolling sound. |
| scrimp |
to save in every way possible; to spend very little. |
| scurry |
to move quickly or in a hurried way. |
| siphon |
a tube or pipe used to suck a liquid over the top of its container and into a lower one by means of air pressure. |
| traditional |
relating to customs and ways of doing things in a particular culture that are passed down from parents to children. |
| uproot |
to pull up or tear out of the ground by the roots. |
| value |
the worth of something in money, goods, or services. |
| venture |
an activity or undertaking in which there is risk or the result is not certain. |