Vocabulary

• swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
• in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
• cozy: Comfortable, warm, pleasant, and often, small
• endeavor: To attempt or make effort to do something
• account: An advantage
• render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
• dawn: First light of day
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• fill: To make something full
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• wary: Concerned about danger; cautious; circumspect
• poison: To affect something in a very negative way
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• hall: Area just inside the entrance of a building
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
• upscale: Appropriate for people with good incomes
• partake: To have or take a share, e.g. of food
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• abyss: Very deep hole, as in the ground; bottomless pit
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• smell: To have a particular odor
• wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
• sublime: The very best; excellent; so good it moves you
• call: A order or request for action
• amuse: To make someone laugh by entertaining them
• dusty: (Of a color) having a slightly grayish hue
• oak: Hard, tough wood taken from an oak tree
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
• lake: Large area of water surrounded by land
• kitchen: Place where food is cooked
• leech: Freshwater worm that sucks blood
• rattlesnake: Pit snake with a tail that rattle when shaken
• plumb: Precisely or exactly
• indoor: Located, done, or used inside a building