| careful |
paying close attention to what one is doing; cautious. |
| crisp |
firm but breaking easily into pieces. |
| gas |
a form of matter that is neither liquid nor solid. Oxygen is an example of a gas. |
| jail |
a building in which a government keeps people who have broken a law. |
| list |
names, numbers, or things placed one after another in a written form. |
| nation |
a country made up of people living under their own government. |
| number |
a unit with a fixed value that is used to count or to tell the position of something. You can write a number as a word or a symbol, such as "nine" or "9." |
| once |
at one time in the past. |
| rotten |
bad or spoiled; no longer able to be eaten. |
| runway |
a smooth, level strip on which airplanes take off and land. |
| snatch |
to take quickly or suddenly; grab. |
| steer |
to make something move in a certain direction. |
| tent |
a shelter held up by poles and rope and made of cloth or plastic. |
| wage |
(often plural) money paid at regular times to a person for doing work. |
| word |
a sound or group of sounds that has some meaning that other people can understand. Words are a basic unit of language. |