| attach |
to join, fasten, or connect. |
| budge |
to change or begin to change position slightly. |
| contractor |
a person who signs an agreement to carry out a particular job at a certain price and also to supply necessary things for the job. A contractor often hires, supervises, and pays other people to help or to do the work. A person in charge of building or repairing a house is often a contractor. |
| digest |
to break down into materials that can be absorbed and used by the body. |
| disappear |
to be no longer seen. |
| distance |
the measure of space between things, places, or points in time. |
| enchant |
to put under a magic spell; bewitch. |
| festive |
of, relating to, or intended for a feast or celebration. |
| fiend |
an evil spirit or demon; devil. |
| foreign |
in, from, or having to do with a country that is not one's own. |
| grammar |
the rules for forming the words and sentences of a language. Some of these rules have to be learned. Other rules are already in the head of a native speaker. For example, a native English speaker would not say, "I a cat bitten by was," because the grammar does not make sense. When one learns a new language, most of the rules of its grammar have to be learned. |
| intersect |
to cut across or pass through; cross. |
| invade |
to enter as an enemy, by force, in order to conquer or plunder. |
| reserve |
to hold back or save for later use. |
| vein |
a small vessel that carries blood toward the heart. |