| beckon |
to signal to come using a motion of the head or hands. |
| deck |
the floor on a ship or boat. Sometimes a ship has several decks at different levels. |
| despise |
to hate or scorn. |
| disappointment |
the feeling of being unhappy because what was wished or hoped for did not happen. |
| fang |
a long, pointed tooth. Some animals use their fangs to hold and tear prey. Some snakes have hollow fangs through which they inject poison. |
| galaxy |
a collection of billions of stars and other matter held together by gravity. Our planet Earth and the sun belong to the Milky Way galaxy. They are only tiny parts of this galaxy. |
| genial |
cheerful and friendly. |
| laboratory |
a place used for scientific investigation and experiments. |
| multiply |
to increase the number, degree, or amount of. |
| scrawny |
very thin; skinny. |
| severe |
very strict; harsh. |
| smuggle |
to take in or out of a country illegally. |
| trickle |
to fall or flow in drops or in a thin, weak stream. |
| unbelievable |
astounding or very hard to believe. |
| utter1 |
to give forth with the voice. |