VOCABULARY Content

Caterer: one who undertakes to supply provisions, food, etc.

Catch: grasp.

Insist: be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge.

Temper: a characteristic state of feeling.

Instance: an occurrence of something.

Compel: force somebody to do something.

Property: a basic or essential attribute shared by members of a class.

Wander: move or cause to move in a sinuous or circular course.

Stock: capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares.

Catalogue: a list.

Obtain: come into possession of.

Fancy: imagine; conceive of; see in one mind.

Territory: the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a state.

Commission: a special group delegated to consider some matter.

Cattle: cows, sheep, etc., live stock.

Undertake: enter upon an activity or enterprise.

Cathedral: the principal church.

Cavalier: horseman.

Convention: a large formal assembly.

Skill: an ability that has been acquired by training.