| A | B |
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| racism | The belief that one race is better than another or that members of different races should not have the same rights. |
| air-conditioned | Air that is cooled by a machine. |
| backpack | A sack that hangs from a person's shoulders onto his or her back. |
| basin | A sink |
| beckoned | Someone has called you over with a gesture. |
| abdomen | The part of an animal's body that contains its stomach. |
| blurted | Said something without stopping to think. |
| carriage | A four wheeled passenger cart that is pulled by a horse. |
| catastrophes | Events that cause a lot of damage or many deaths. |
| childish | Looks like it was done by a child. |
| cockroach | An insect with long feelers and a flat body. |
| comet | A frozen ball of dust and gas that moves areound the sun. It forms a long tail when it gets close to the sun. |
| competition | A match or contest. |
| conflicts | Fights or battles. |
| antennae | Feelers on the head of an insect. |
| criticizing | finding fault with someone |
| crawfish | Animals that look like small lobsters. |
| cuisine | a style or way of cooking |
| deducing | figuring it out by using clues |
| disagree | have a difference of opinion or to quarrel |
| disagreement | a quarrel |
| disaster | a sudden event that causes a lot of harm |
| distracted | not paying attention because he or she is thinking about something else |
| dragonflies | Insects with clear, narrow wings. They eat flies and mosquitoes. |
| draperies | curtains made of heavy material |
| endless | goes on and on |
| environment | place and the conditions in which an animal lives |
| frontier | Having to do with a land where few people live. Areas that have not been explored or settled completely. |
| glistened | sparkled or shone |
| indefinitely | without a known end |
| interview | a meeting in which a reporter or other person asks someone questions about an event or about that person's life |
| attitudes | A position that someone takes on given issues. |
| landowners | people who own land or property |
| major league | having to do with the highest level of pro baseball |
| metamorphosis | a process that some insects go thorough when they change form |
| mischievous | someone who causes trouble by playing tricks |
| misunderstood | feelings or words that were not understood |
| molting | a process by which an animal sheds its body's outer covering |
| nectar | sweet liquid found inside many flowers |
| nuzzled | snuggled with that person |
| omen | a thing or an event that some people believe tells of a future event |
| pangs | sudden feelings of pain |
| petition | A piece of writing that asks for or protests something. Peopl who agree sign the petition. |
| potential | possible |
| pouted | pushed out your lips to show that you were angry or upset |
| predators | animals taht hunt and kill other animals for food |
| prophecy | a telling of what one believes will happen in the future |
| psychological | having to do with the mind |
| introductions | acts of presenting people who don't know each other |
| receiver | the part of a telephone that you hold to your ear |
| recyclables | items that can be used again, either in the same form or in a different form |
| reluctantly | someone who does something they don't really want to do |
| rescuer | someone who helps save a person from danger |
| resolved | made clear, solved, or fixed |
| rookie | a first-year player in a sport |
| roundup | a gathering of many things or people together from different places |
| segregation | the act of separating one group of people from another |
| silkworms | caterpillars that produce fine threads of silk to make their cocoon. These caterpillars turn into moths |
| snowstorm | a storm in which there is heavy snow and possibly strong winds |
| species | a kind, sort, or class of plant or animal |
| squabble | to argue about something that isn't very important |
| stepmother | a woman who has married a man with children |
| suction | having to do with drawing air out of a space to create a vacuum |
| superstition | A belief that a certain action or event can affect the future. It is not based on science |
| suppress | to make quieter or stop entirely |
| suspended | someone who is not allowed to do something for a while |
| sweatshirt | a heavy, loose, long-sleeved shirt |
| tablecloth | a cover put on a table at mealtimes |
| taunt | to tease in a mean way |
| teenager | someone whose age is between 13 and 19 |
| thorax | the middle part of an insect's body, between the head and the abdomen |
| threats | statements by one person that he or she will harm another person |
| tiresome | boring or annoying |
| trillion | 1,000,000,000,000 |
| untouched | food that is untouched has not been tasted at all |
| variety | a number of different kinds of something |
| ventured | bravely headed into danger |
| visibility | the ability to see across a distance in a certain light or in certain weather conditions |
| vitamins | a type of medicine |
| weird | strange or odd |
