| charge |
to give a responsibility or duty to. |
| deem |
to consider, suppose, or judge. |
| downward |
toward a lower place or condition. |
| hive |
something built for or by bees to live in. |
| invention |
the act or process of coming up with or creating something new. |
| loose |
not held back; free. |
| roughly |
approximately; about. |
| sinister |
threatening or suggesting evil, injury, or danger; ominous. |
| slavery |
the owning of people by other people; bondage. |
| slumber |
to sleep lightly. |
| stretch |
to spread out or reach out to the full length in order to make loose and flexible. |
| swish |
to move quickly, making a whistling or rustling sound. |
| thud |
a dull, muffled sound of one thing hitting another. |
| utter1 |
to give forth with the voice. |
| welfare |
a state of health, happiness, and good fortune. |