| acquire |
to get or come to have as one's own. |
| beckon |
to signal to come using a motion of the head or hands. |
| complicate |
to make more difficult to do or understand. |
| confine |
to keep within limits; restrict. |
| darken |
to make more shadowy or less light. |
| fidget |
to move in a nervous or restless way. |
| gurgle |
to flow with a noisy, bubbling sound. |
| neither |
not one or the other of two (usually paired with "nor" in a sentence). |
| nugget |
a small, solid lump. |
| operation |
the act or process of working or running. |
| overflow |
to swell or spill over the top edge of something. |
| postpone |
to put off until later. |
| pounce |
to jump or swoop down in order to grab or take something. |
| punctuate |
to put commas, periods, apostrophes, and other such marks in a piece of writing. |
| sentence |
to declare the punishment for a person's crime. |