| anxiety |
a feeling of being worried, nervous, or afraid that something will happen. |
| arrange |
to put in some kind of order, pattern, or design. |
| balance |
a state in which opposite forces are equal. |
| batch |
an amount used or produced at one time. |
| deputy |
a person appointed to assist and sometimes act in the place of someone else. |
| estimated |
resulting from a careful guess rather than exact counting or calculation. |
| fiction |
writing that tells a story made up in a writer's imagination. Fiction is usually written in prose, not poetry. Novels, short stories, and tales are pieces of fiction. |
| gland |
a group of cells or an organ that produces fluids that are released into the body or pass out of the body. |
| hygiene |
the practice of keeping clean to stay healthy and prevent disease. |
| old-fashioned |
looking or being like past styles, manners, or ways of behaving. |
| organize |
to set in order; arrange in an orderly way. |
| sarcasm |
the use of scornful or mocking remarks. |
| sigh |
to breathe out with a long breath because of being sad, tired, or relieved. |
| sizzle |
to make the hissing or crackling sound of frying fat or oils. |
| wedge |
a piece of wood or metal shaped like a triangle with a thin edge. A wedge is driven or forced between objects to split, lift, or make them stronger. |