| academy |
a private school or a school that offers special training. |
| ally |
to join or unite for a particular purpose (usually followed by "to" or "with"). |
| clinic |
a place that gives medical treatment, usually to people who do not need to stay in a hospital overnight. |
| commercial |
having to do with trade or business. |
| fertilize |
to spread fertilizer over (a planted area). |
| government |
the making of laws and important decisions that control or affect all the people living in a community, state, or nation. |
| grudge |
anger that is held onto for a long time. |
| misfortune |
an instance of something very bad or unlucky happening. |
| monument |
something built in memory of a person, event, or special deed. |
| operation |
the act or process of working or running. |
| parallel |
lying or moving in the same direction and being the same distance apart at every point. Parallel lines never meet or cross each other. |
| prod |
to poke with, or as though with, a pointed rod or instrument. |
| slim |
attractively thin in form; slender. |
| stress |
to place importance on or give special attention to; underline. |
| temporary |
for a short time; not permanent. |