| achievement |
something achieved through hard work, courage, or skill. |
| clench |
to close tightly shut. |
| client |
one who pays for the services of another. |
| confident |
having trust or faith; satisfied and sure. |
| 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. |
| convert |
to change into another form or state. |
| crumple |
to press or crush and cause wrinkles. |
| disappearance |
the act of disappearing or the fact of having disappeared. |
| estimated |
resulting from a careful guess rather than exact counting or calculation. |
| fidget |
to move in a nervous or restless way. |
| gasoline |
a liquid that burns, used mainly as fuel for engines. Gasoline is made from petroleum. |
| meddle |
to take part in matters that concern someone else, without being asked; interfere. |
| range |
the two points or limits between which something can vary, or the distance between the limits. |
| stammer |
to speak in an anxious or uncertain way. People who stammer often repeat sounds and stop between words. |
| traditional |
relating to customs and ways of doing things in a particular culture that are passed down from parents to children. |