| agricultural |
having to do with growing crops or raising farm animals. |
| argument |
a discussion by people who disagree. |
| campaign |
a series of planned actions carried out in order to reach a particular goal. |
| dribble |
to drip or flow slowly in drops. |
| erosion |
wearing away of the earth's surface by wind or water. |
| existence |
the condition of being alive or real. |
| fiction |
writing that tells a story made up in a writer's imagination. Fiction is usually written in prose, not poetry. Novels, short stories, and tales are pieces of fiction. |
| preserve |
to protect from being hurt or harmed. |
| ripen |
to become or cause to become ripe or ready. |
| siphon |
a tube or pipe used to suck a liquid over the top of its container and into a lower one by means of air pressure. |
| swish |
to move quickly, making a whistling or rustling sound. |
| symbol |
an object or picture that represents something else. |
| treat |
to behave toward in a particular way. |
| unlikely |
not probable; doubtful. |
| 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. |