Vocabulary

2. Man's best friend
3. support or strengthen
6. a person who believes that the pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life; a pleasure-seeker
9. lasting for a very short time
10. fall or drop straight down at high speed
11. deep, clear, and continuing to sound or ring
13. a senior state or legal official
16. a firm decision to d or not to do something
17. an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit
19. Flying mammal
20. a person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink.
23. reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on
24. pay attention to; take notice of
25. Large marsupial

1. a small platform on which a person may stand to be seen by an audience, as when making a speech or conducting an orchestra
4. not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one
5. not certain or fixed;provisional
7. the passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping.
8. destroy utterly; wipe out
12. publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm
14. accept something reluctantly but without protest
15. high-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people
18. having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure
21. Has a trunk
22. Likes to chase mice