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1. acknowledge (verb)- If you
acknowledge something, you
accept that it is true or that it exist.
2. ambassador (noun) – An
ambassador is a government
worker who works in another
country.
3. blonde (noun) – If someone is
blonde, they have light-colored
hair.
4. conquer (verb) – a country means
to attack and take control of it.
5. drag (verb) – To drag something
means to pull it across the ground.
6. exaggerate (verb) – TO
exaggerate is to say that
something is bigger than it really
is.
7. heritage (noun) – Heritage is the
collection of features of a society,
such as language and religion.
8. insult (verb) – To insult someone is
to say things that will hurt their
feelings.
9. meanwhile (adverb) – Meanwhile
means until something happens or
while something is happening.
10. necklace (noun) – A necklace is a
piece of jewelry that people wear
around their necks.
11. noble (noun) – A noble is a rich
and powerful person.
12. precious (adjective) – When
something is precious, it is valuable
an important.
13. prejudice (noun) – A prejudice is
an unfair opinion about someone
before you get to know them.
14. rumor (noun) - A rumor is a story
that may not be true.
15. sin (noun) – A sin is something that
is wrong for religious reasons.
16. spectacle (noun) – A spectacle is
an amazing sight.
17. stack (noun) - A stack is a pile of
different things.
18. suspicious (adjective) – If
someone is suspicious of someone
else, they do not trust that person.
19. tin (noun) – Tin is a cheap white
metal
20. vase (noun) – A vase is an
attractive container where people
keep flowers.
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1. ache (verb) – If something aches, it
hurts.
2. arctic (adjective) – Is something is
arctic, it is far north near the North
Pole.
3. canal (noun) – Is a path for water
to travel through.
4. chemist (noun) – Is a scientist who
works with chemicals.
5. chill (noun) – A chill is a feeling of
cold.
6. congress (noun) – A group of
leaders in a government.
7. dairy (adjective) – made from milk
8. descend (verb) – to go downward
9. grocer (noun) – is a person who
sells food.
10. hesitate (verb) – to wait for a
short time before doing something.
11. institution (noun) – An
organization that works to help a
city or a group.
12. jog (verb) – To jog is to run slowly.
13. merchant (noun) - A merchant is a
person who sells things.
14. poke ( verb) – To poke something
is to push it with your finger.
15. postpone (verb) – To postpone
something is to make happen later
than planned.
16. splash (verb) – When liquid
splashes, it bursts and hits
something.
17. stubborn (adjective) – If people
are stubborn, they don’t change
their minds easily.
18. suburb (noun) – a small part of a
large city
19. tide (noun) – the level of the water
in the sea
20. tragedy (noun) – a very sad event
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1. bomb (noun) – A bomb is an object
that explodes and destroys large
areas.
2. certificate (noun) – A certificate is
a document that says that
something is true or happened.
3. circumstance (noun) – A
circumstance is an event that
makes a situation what it is.
4. coffin (noun) – A coffin is a box
used to bury dead people.
5. cope (noun) – To cope with a
difficult or stressful situation means
to deal with it.
6. criticism (noun) - Criticism is the
act of saying that you don’t like or
approve of something.
7. devastate (verb) – To devastate
something means to completely
destroy it.
8. frown (verb) – To frown is to make
an unhappy look with your face.
9. gaze (verb) – To gaze at something
means to look at it for a long time.
10. glance (verb) To glance at
something means to look at it
quickly.
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11. grief (noun) – Grief is the feeling of
deep sadness, usually when a
person dies.
12. groom (noun) – A groom is a man
who is going to be married.
13. license (noun) – A license is a n
official document that gives one
permission to do something.
14. microscope (noun) – A
microscope is a device that makes
small objects look bigger.
15. nuclear (adjective) – When
something is nuclear, it relates to
the division or joining of atoms.
16. portray ( verb) – To portray
something means to describe it or
show it in picture.
17. rotate (verb) – To rotates
something you buy to remind you
of a place or event.
18. souvenir (noun) – A souvenir is
something you buy to remind you
of a place or event.
19. submarine (noun) – A submarine
is a boat that can go underwater
for long periods of time.
20. trace (verb) – To trace something
means to follow over it with the
eyes or a finger.
1. appliance (noun)- An appliance is
a piece of equipment used for jobs
in the home.
2. basin (noun) – A basin is a large
bowl for washing things. As sink is
sometimes called a basin.
3. broom (noun) – A broom is a brush
with a long handle used for
cleaning floors.
4. caterpillar (noun) – A caterpillar is
a small insect that looks like a
worm that eats plants.
5. cupboard (noun) – A cupboard is a
piece of furniture that is used to
store food or household items.
6. delicate (adjective) – If something
is delicate, they are easy to break
or harm.
7. emerge (verb) – To emerge from
something means to come out of it.
8. handicap (noun) – A handicap is a
condition that limits someone’s
mental or physical abilities.
9. hook (noun( - A hook is a sharp
curved piece of metal used for
catching or holding things.
10. hop (verb)- To hop means to jump
a short distance.
11. laundry (noun) – Laundry is
clothed that have been or need to
be washed.
12. pursue (verb) – To pursue
someone or something is to chase
or follow them.
13. reluctant (adjective) – If someone
is reluctant, they don’t want to do
something.
14. sleeve – Sleeves are the part of a
shirt where your arms go.
15. spine (noun) – The spine is the
bone that runs up and down the
middle.
16. stain(noun) – A stain is a dirty
mark that is difficult to clean.
17. strip (noun) – A strip is a long,
narrow piece of material or land.
18. swear (verb) - to swear means to
promise to do something.
19. swing (verb) - To swing means to
move it back and forth or from side
to side.
20. utilize (verb) – To utilize means to
use it for a specific purpose.