| ability |
the power or knowledge to do something. |
| awful |
very bad; terrible; of poor quality. |
| backyard |
an open area behind a house that belongs to the owner of the house. |
| center |
the area or part of something that forms the middle. |
| cheap |
having a low price. |
| life |
the thing that is in humans, animals, and plants that allows them to grow and to produce more creatures like themselves. Things like rocks do not have life. |
| nation |
a country made up of people living under their own government. |
| news |
information about important events happening in the present. The news is presented on television or radio or in a newspaper or magazine. |
| nurse |
a person whose job is to care for sick and injured people. |
| scarf |
a piece of cloth worn around the neck, head, or shoulders. |
| stare |
to look straight at something with your eyes open wide and not moving. |
| teacher |
a person whose job is explaining and showing things to students so that they can learn. |
| telephone |
to call or speak to someone using an electronic device that sends and receives sound over long distances. |
| trace |
a very small amount of something. |
| writer |
a person whose job is to create books, articles, poems, or other materials; author. |