| A | B |
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| disguise | clothes or make-up someone wears to change the way he or she looks so he or she won't be recognized |
| shortstop | infield position on a baseball team between second and third base |
| athlete | somebody who used skills and abilities to compete in sports |
| effort | physical and mental energy you use to do something or to achieve a goal |
| champion | winner of a game or competition |
| dainty | delicate and pretty |
| challenge | test of someone's abilities |
| professional | type of job in which people are paid for their skill and training |
| plate | hard rubbed slab that a baseball player stands beside to bat |
| forties | the years between 1940 & 1949 |
| Louisville slugger | a popular kind of baseball bat |
| field | piece of land used for some special purpose |
| soar | to fly upward |
| cheers | calls out or yells loudly to show that you like something |
| bases | places that are stations or goals in certain games, such as baseball |
| sailed | moved smoothly like a ship with sails |
| threw | sent something through the air by force of your arm |
