Nouns
The person who rides a horse in a race
jockey
To want something for yourself
covet
To be stuck in a place without the ability to leave
stranded
To have differences across a range. Hint: diet
vary
To decide your own fate
forge your own destiny
Something which you own
possession
To not take care of something
neglect
relating to the running of a home/existing in a country
domestic
To change a feature but not the whole
alter
When you look back at the past with a clearer perspective
hindsight is 2020
The environment where someone lives
habitat
To shock someone
startle
To describe a place which is empty and sad
desolate
To combine two things in a permanent way
fuse
When elderly people talk about their youth, they start with this phrase
in my day
The concept of being late
tardiness
A small child walks like this
toddle
To have an objective view. Hint: Eyes.
clear-eyed
A slight change
shift
When you are not making any progress and staying in the same place
treading water
If you have this, you can make your own decisions
agency
To wrap something up protectively, hint: butterfly
cocoon
Strange, mysterious, and unsettling
uncanny
To rise above or go beyond
transcend
When there is something real or worth listening to amidst a lot of false or exaggerated talk
a kernel of truth