week 13

vocabulary   unit  9  ch. 17 to 18

1 charge   v

Definition : to impose or ask as a price or fee

2 foe n

Definition : a person who feels enmity

3 formidable adj

Definition : causing fear, apprehension, or dread

4 frailty  n

Definition : moral weakness; liability to yield to temptation

5 gaze  v

Definition : to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest,

6 grunt  v

Definition : to utter a similar sound      

7 hold your ground  v

Definition : to maintain one's position; be steadfast

8 majestic  adj

Definition : characterized by or possessing majesty

9 mating season  n

Definition : the seasonal period when a female animal's estrous cycle is active

10 menacing  n

Definition : something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury

11 nostrils  n

Definition : either of the two external openings of the nose

12 retreat  v

Definition : the act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy

13 sideways  adj

Definition : with a side foremost

14 snarl  v

Definition : to growl threateningly or viciously

15 spine-chilling  adj

Definition : very frightening or horrifying

16 come clean  v

Definition : to tell the truth

17 despair  n

Definition : loss of hope; hopelessness

18 fury  adj

Definition : unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like

19 growl  v

Definition : to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility

20 in the same boat

Definition : in the same circumstances; faced with the same problems

21 intently  adv

Definition : having the attention sharply focused or fixed on something

22 outlast  v

Definition : to endure or last longer than

23 petrifying  v

Definition : to convert into stone or a stony substance

24 rusty  adj

Definition : covered with or affected by rust

25 tame  adj

Definition : changed from the wild or savage state