| cackle |
sharp, broken laughter. |
| challenge |
to invite to enter into a fight or contest of skill; dare. |
| contagious |
able to be spread from person to person. |
| flatten |
to squash or compress. |
| gimmick |
a clever device or idea whose only purpose is to get a customer's attention. |
| gravity |
the force by which all objects in the universe are attracted to each other. |
| magazine |
a printed collection of stories, pictures, articles, and advertisements. Magazines come out weekly, monthly, or at some other regular period of time. |
| minor |
less important or serious than others of the same kind. |
| nuisance |
a person or thing that is annoying. |
| personality |
all of the qualities of a person that make that person different from others. |
| poll |
a set of questions given to large numbers of people. Polls are used to gather information about what the public thinks. |
| ridiculous |
silly; foolish; laughable. |
| rugged |
having a surface that is rough and broken. |
| trial |
the act of hearing a case in court to decide whether or not a person has broken a particular law. |
| yelp |
to cry out or bark quickly and sharply. |