| abbreviate |
to shorten the time or length of. |
| acquit |
to free from a charge of breaking the law; declare not guilty. |
| approximately |
about; almost exactly. |
| attorney |
a person whose job is to give legal advice and to speak for people in court; lawyer. |
| Aurora |
bands or streamers of light that appear in the sky at night in areas around the magnetic poles, caused by solar particles striking atoms in the outer part of the earth's atmosphere. |
| compress |
to press into less space; squeeze closely together. |
| delegate |
a person who is chosen to speak or act for others. |
| excavate |
to make a hole or hollow place in by digging. |
| harass |
to trouble or bother again and again. |
| hinder |
to hold back or stop the progress of. |
| immense |
very large; huge. |
| mimic |
to copy or imitate. |
| solidify |
to make firm or hard. |
| suffrage |
the right to vote or the exercise of this right. |
| wretched |
characterized by or causing misery and suffering. |