| adorn |
to add beauty to; decorate. |
| animate |
to bring to life. |
| cameo |
a stone carved so as to leave a slightly raised image of one color and a background of another, often worn as jewelry. |
| consideration |
careful attention or thought. |
| elite |
(usually used with a plural verb) the best, taken collectively. |
| erode |
to wear away or eat into. |
| execute |
to do or carry out; to make (something) become a reality. |
| foolproof |
always successful or effective. |
| populate |
to live in; inhabit. |
| pun |
a humorous play on words based on two words that are close in sound but different in meaning. |
| rueful |
feeling, showing, or causing regret or sorrow. |
| subjective |
affected or shaped by personal experience, beliefs, and feelings. |
| swoon |
to lose consciousness; faint. |
| thwart |
to hinder, oppose, or frustrate. |
| vigilante |
one who seeks to avenge a crime or injury or to punish a suspected criminal without legal authority or due process. |