apprentice |
someone who works for somebody else to learn that person's skill or trade. |
contact |
the touching of two things or people. |
gloomy |
dim or dark. |
gutter |
a ditch along the edge of a road or a long, open container attached to the edge of a roof for carrying off water. |
headdress |
a covering or decoration for the head. |
nominee |
a person or thing that has been nominated for an office or honor. |
plastic |
an artificial substance made from certain kinds of chemicals that can be easily shaped when soft. Plastic is formed into many materials and products. |
reaction |
an action or response to something that has happened or has been done. |
scrap1 |
a small bit, such as a piece left over or thrown away. |
socket |
an opening into which something fits or is put. |
strangle |
to kill by stopping the breathing of, usually by surrounding the neck with something; choke. |
tame |
taken from a wild state and made obedient; domesticated. |
treat |
to behave toward in a particular way. |
trough |
a long narrow open container used for serving food or water to animals. |
unlikely |
not probable; doubtful. |