| activity |
a specific thing that people do. |
| brilliant |
very shiny. |
| chemical |
a substance used in or made by a chemical process. |
| desk |
a piece of furniture with a flat surface used for writing, using a computer, or reading. Desks usually have drawers where you keep paper, pens, and other supplies. |
| envelope |
a folded paper covering for a letter or other papers you mail. You write the address and put a stamp on an envelope before you mail it. |
| helicopter |
a type of aircraft that is held in the air and moved along by spinning blades attached to its top side. |
| herd |
the common people; most people. The expression "He (or she) follows the herd" means that a person tends to do what everybody else does, like a cow in a herd, and does not think for himself or herself. |
| homework |
work that a teacher asks students to do at home. |
| record |
to put in writing. |
| seem |
to appear to be or do. |
| serve |
to give aid or help; be of use. |
| skip |
to move forward by jumping on one foot and then on the other. |
| solar |
having to do with or coming from the sun. |
| useful |
having a practical use or purpose. |
| war |
a time of very great fighting between countries or groups of people. |