| adopt |
to become a parent of (a child) by law, or to accept an animal as a pet and become responsible for it. |
| awkward |
without physical skill or grace; clumsy. |
| consider |
to think carefully about; reflect on. |
| debt |
something owed to another person. |
| delay |
the act of putting off until a later time. |
| extreme |
at the farthest point of something. |
| gloomy |
dim or dark. |
| irrigate |
to supply with water by artificial means from a natural source of water. |
| prickly |
full of small, sharp points. |
| reality |
the state or quality of actually existing. |
| skim |
to remove from the surface of a liquid, or to clear the surface of by removing fat or other floating matter. |
| stiff |
not easy to bend. |
| threat |
a statement that harm or punishment will follow. |
| topple |
to sway and fall down; tumble. |
| unlike |
different; not equal. |