| academy |
a private school or a school that offers special training. |
| confuse |
to fail to see the difference between or among. |
| crouch |
to lower the body close to the ground by bending the legs. A cat about to pounce crouches, as does a person getting ready to run in a race. |
| debt |
something owed to another person. |
| deceit |
the act of lying or cheating. |
| dial |
a disk that has numbers and a moving pointer that shows time, weight, speed, or some other measure. |
| encourage |
to give hope or courage to; give confidence to. |
| gossip |
tales or talk about the personal lives and secrets of others when they are not present. |
| infect |
to spread germs or disease to. |
| manner |
a way of doing something; style. |
| middle-class |
of or pertaining to the segment of people in a society who are neither of high rank or low rank with respect to wealth or social status. |
| 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. |
| persist |
to continue in a firm, steady way without stopping or lessening. |
| rot |
to decompose or decay. |
| successful |
having reached a wanted goal. |