| ace |
a person who is a master or expert at something. |
| comfortable |
feeling at ease. |
| dignity |
one's sense of worth; pride or self-respect as shown in one's appearance or behavior. |
| eavesdrop |
to listen to other people talk without letting them know. |
| forlorn |
desolate or unhappy, as from abandonment or weariness. |
| gimmick |
a clever device or idea whose only purpose is to get a customer's attention. |
| heighten |
to make higher. |
| hive |
something built for or by bees to live in. |
| investigation |
the act of examining carefully and closely. |
| middle-class |
of or pertaining to the segment of people in a society who are neither of high rank or low rank with respect to wealth or social status. |
| stagger |
to walk or stand in an unsteady way or with a need for support. |
| strangle |
to kill by stopping the breathing of, usually by surrounding the neck with something; choke. |
| suburb |
an area or community located just outside a city or town. |
| weld |
to join metal or plastic by using heat, followed either by pressure or by adding a melted material. |
| worry |
to feel anxious, troubled, or uneasy. |