| appall |
to cause to feel shock or horror. |
| character |
all those things that make a person, place, or thing different from others. |
| christen |
to give a name to at baptism. |
| culture |
the language, customs, ideas, and art of a particular group of people. |
| earnings |
money received as pay; wages. |
| gloom |
lack of light; darkness. |
| handful |
the amount that can be held in a single hand. |
| inflation |
an increase in the average price level. |
| mutter |
to speak in a low tone that is hard to understand; mumble. |
| relative |
a person who belongs to the same family as someone else. |
| stake1 |
a sharpened or pointed post that is driven into the ground. Stakes can be used to mark a place or to support something. |
| sustainable |
of or related to a method of managing or using a resource so that the resource is never used up or forever damaged. |
| totally |
completely; entirely. |
| tremble |
to shake from fear, weakness, or cold. |
| trustworthy |
worthy or deserving of trust and confidence; steadily dependable; reliable. |