| bashful |
shy with people; timid. |
| blame |
to place responsibility on for a mistake or fault. |
| chorus |
a group of people who sing together. |
| chute |
a passage down which things may slide in order to be moved from one area to another. |
| 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. |
| decrease |
to become less or smaller. |
| discover |
to find or see before anyone else. |
| gulp |
to take large swallows of; drink or eat eagerly or rapidly (often followed by "down"). |
| hardware |
all the physical parts of a computer. |
| heave |
to push up or out with great effort. |
| heir |
a person who receives or has the right to receive another person's property or title after that person's death. |
| presidency |
the office, length of service, and jobs of a president. |
| previous |
coming just before another. |
| react |
to act, or feel a certain way, in response to something. |
| skillet |
a shallow pan with a long handle, used for frying food; frying pan. |