| Words |
Definitions |
| 1. |
mountainous |
1. covered with mountain ranges: mountainous
country. 2. huge: a mountainous wave. |
| 2. |
fellow |
a man or boy: The old fellow sat on a bench. |
| 3. |
growth |
1. process of growing; development. 2.
amount grown; increase: one year's growth. 3. what has grown or is
growing: A thick growth of bushes covered the ground. 4. an abnormal
mass of tissue formed in or on the body. A tumor is a growth. |
| 4. |
counselor |
1. a person who gives advice; adviser. 2.
teacher appointed to advise students; adviser. 3. lawyer. 4.
instructor or leader in a summer camp. |
| 5. |
owner |
one who owns. Who is the owner of this dog? |
| 6. |
ourselves |
our own selves. We ourselves got
the tickets for you. We wiggled ourselves free from the ropes. |
| 7. |
coward |
person who lacks courage or is easily made afraid; person who
runs from danger, trouble, etc. |
| 8. |
encourage |
1. give courage; increase the hope or confidence of;
urge on: the cheers of their schoolmates encouraged the players to try to win the
game. 2. be favorable to; help; support: Sunlight encourages the growth
of plants. |
| 9. |
unknown |
1. not known; not familiar; strange: Most of
Antarctica was once unknown land. 2. person or thing that is unknown:
The diver descended into the unknown. |
| 10. |
background |
1. the part of a picture or scene toward the back.
2. surface upon which things are made or placed. 3. earlier
conditions or events that help to explain some later condition or event. 4.
past experience, knowledge, or training. |
