| affection |
a friendly feeling of liking or loving someone or something. |
| assistance |
the act of giving aid or support. |
| bravery |
the quality or condition of not feeling fear; courage. |
| brighten |
to become or cause to be enlivened or more cheerful. |
| delicate |
pleasing to the senses in a light, soft, or mild way. |
| echo |
the repeating of a sound caused by the bouncing of sound waves from a surface. |
| exception |
the act or fact of leaving out. |
| gene |
a tiny section of a chromosome. A gene causes a particular characteristic, such as eye color or hair color, to be passed on from parent to offspring. |
| glisten |
to shine or sparkle with reflected light. |
| militia |
a group of trained citizens who are not soldiers but can serve as members of the military in an emergency. |
| popularity |
the condition of being liked or approved of by many people. |
| reliability |
the quality of being dependable. |
| shot1 |
an instance of shooting with a weapon. |
| smolder |
to burn slowly and with smoke, but with little or no flame. |
| structure |
a thing made up of a number of parts joined together in a certain way. |