| adjust |
to bring to a better state or position; make fit. |
| blunder |
a silly or careless mistake. |
| convince |
to cause to believe or accept (often followed by "of"). |
| cripple |
to cause a serious injury in. |
| disappearance |
the act of disappearing or the fact of having disappeared. |
| elastic |
able to stretch easily without breaking and then return to original form. |
| explosion |
the act of bursting or the noise made by bursting. |
| factory |
a building or set of buildings where products are made by machines. |
| grammatical |
of or having to do with the rules for forming the words and sentences of a language. |
| mutant |
a life form whose genes are different from those of its parents. A mutant has new traits or characteristics that it can pass on to its offspring. |
| myth |
a story or group of stories that form part of the traditional knowledge of a society. Myths often use imaginative plots and characters to explain how the world began and why nature and people behave the way they do. |
| outright |
complete or total. |
| private |
allowing only certain people to take part in or to know about. |
| recent |
having to do with or happening in the very near past. |
| wed |
to take as husband or wife in a legal ceremony; marry. |