| adopt |
to become a parent of (a child) by law, or to accept an animal as a pet and become responsible for it. |
| ashamed |
feeling shame or guilt for doing something wrong or foolish. |
| attentive |
watching or listening carefully. |
| heave |
to push up or out with great effort. |
| heckle |
to bother a public speaker or performer by saying rude things or asking annoying questions. |
| insecure |
without enough protection; not safe or secure. |
| magazine |
a printed collection of stories, pictures, articles, and advertisements. Magazines come out weekly, monthly, or at some other regular period of time. |
| media |
the means of distributing information to large numbers of people, through newspapers, magazines, radio, and television. |
| military |
the armed forces. |
| nominate |
to choose as a candidate for election. |
| organize |
to set in order; arrange in an orderly way. |
| pursue |
to follow in order to reach or catch; chase. |
| strict |
requiring obedience or hard effort. |
| tissue |
a group of cells in an animal or plant body that are like each other and do similar things. |
| whether |
used to introduce one choice or alternative. |