| association |
a group of people joined together for a common purpose or by a shared interest. |
| banquet |
a fancy, formal dinner. |
| calculator |
a machine used in computing numbers. |
| collaboration |
a cooperative effort by which people or organizations work together to accomplish a common project or mission. |
| concert |
a musical or dance performance before an audience; recital. |
| drench |
to soak, or wet completely. |
| formula |
a rule or way of doing something expressed in a standard way using words or symbols. |
| guideline |
a rule that tells people how to do something in the way that is considered best. |
| mammoth |
a very large extinct mammal closely related to elephants. Mammoths were much bigger than elephants, and had shaggy black fur and long tusks that curved upward. Several kinds of mammoths lived in the Northern Hemisphere until the end of the last Ice Age. |
| omit |
to leave out; not include. |
| petrify |
to turn into stone. Minerals left behind by water petrify wood by replacing woods cells when they die. |
| physician |
a doctor of medicine who is qualified and licensed to treat illness and injury. |
| scenery |
the way the land looks in a particular place. |
| slack |
not tight; hanging loose; drooping. |
| truant |
absent from school without permission. |