| dessert |
a sweet food served at the end of a meal. |
| grasp |
to take hold of with a hand or other thing that is capable of holding. |
| greed |
a great desire for more wealth and possessions than one needs or deserves. |
| mercy |
kind treatment by someone who has some power over another. |
| mount1 |
to climb. |
| pattern |
an arrangement of shapes, lines, letters, numbers, or colors that can be repeated or used again and again. |
| pursue |
to follow in order to reach or catch; chase. |
| relative |
a person who belongs to the same family as someone else. |
| sail |
to move over the water. |
| smolder |
to burn slowly and with smoke, but with little or no flame. |
| sphere |
a round, solid figure in which every point on the surface is an equal distance from the center. |
| threat |
a statement that harm or punishment will follow. |
| tidings |
(sometimes used with a singular verb) news or information. |
| well-known |
famous; familiar. |
| wonder |
to feel admiration, surprise, or amazement (often followed by "at"). |