| agent |
a person who has been given the power to do certain actions for another person. |
| apprentice |
someone who works for somebody else to learn that person's skill or trade. |
| argue |
to give reasons for or against something. |
| curse |
a statement of a wish that something bad will happen to someone or something. |
| decay |
to rot or become rotted. |
| emigrant |
one who leaves a country to live in another. |
| fiber |
a small, thin part of a plant, animal, or mineral that is shaped like a thread. |
| fiction |
writing that tells a story made up in a writer's imagination. Fiction is usually written in prose, not poetry. Novels, short stories, and tales are pieces of fiction. |
| moral |
having to do with what is right and what is wrong in how a person acts. |
| sake |
reason; purpose. |
| twilight |
the faint light in the sky when the sun is below the horizon before sunrise and after sunset. |
| uproot |
to pull up or tear out of the ground by the roots. |
| viewer |
one who watches, especially a person who watches television. |
| whether |
used to introduce one choice or alternative. |
| yelp |
to cry out or bark quickly and sharply. |