| afterward |
at a later time. |
| explore |
to travel in order to discover or search for something. |
| gain |
to get. |
| mend |
to repair or fix. |
| message |
spoken or written information sent from one person or group to another. |
| mineral |
a pure, hard substance in the earth that does not come from an animal or a plant. |
| oven |
a piece of equipment that you cook food in. An oven has a large metal box with a door. |
| short |
not long in size or time. |
| slap |
to hit with an open hand. |
| special |
different from others; unique. |
| spine |
the set of bones that go down the center of the back of a human or animal. |
| spout |
to force out in a steady stream. |
| treatment |
the way a person acts toward another person or thing. |
| tricky |
using or marked by tricks or lies. |
| weird |
strange or odd; puzzlingly unusual. |