| annual |
happening once every year. |
| astonish |
to fill with great surprise or amazement. |
| detect |
to discover or notice. |
| distract |
to draw away the attention of. |
| explode |
to burst because of too much pressure inside. |
| flick |
a sharp, light snap or blow. |
| heckle |
to bother a public speaker or performer by saying rude things or asking annoying questions. |
| mummy |
a dead body that has been preserved with special chemicals and wrapped in cloth. The ancient Egyptians are famous for their mummies. |
| neither |
not one or the other of two (usually paired with "nor" in a sentence). |
| operation |
the act or process of working or running. |
| popularity |
the condition of being liked or approved of by many people. |
| portrait |
a painting, drawing, photograph or sculpture of a person. |
| seep |
to spread or flow through gradually. |
| spirit |
a force that is thought to be a part of human beings; soul. |
| vaccine |
a substance used to protect people and animals from very serious diseases. Vaccines contain germs of a particular disease--these germs been killed or changed in a certain way in a laboratory to make them safe. A vaccine goes into a person's body in a shot that is given by a doctor or nurse. After a vaccine is put into a person's body, that person will not get that disease or will get only a mild case. |