| affect1 |
to cause a change in; influence. |
| attend |
to be present at. |
| character |
all those things that make a person, place, or thing different from others. |
| expect |
to hope for or look forward to. |
| fascinate |
to attract and hold the attention and interest of. |
| grammar |
the rules for forming the words and sentences of a language. Some of these rules have to be learned. Other rules are already in the head of a native speaker. For example, a native English speaker would not say, "I a cat bitten by was," because the grammar does not make sense. When one learns a new language, most of the rules of its grammar have to be learned. |
| grime |
dirt clinging to or rubbed into a surface. |
| hemisphere |
either of two halves of the earth. A hemisphere is formed by dividing the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres at the equator, or into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres at a meridian. |
| horrify |
to cause feelings of fear and repulsion in; frighten; shock. |
| jungle |
land covered with many trees, vines, and bushes; a tropical rain forest. |
| moral |
having to do with what is right and what is wrong in how a person acts. |
| prey |
an animal that is hunted or caught for food, usually by another animal. Certain plants catch prey as well. |
| purpose |
a reason or plan that guides an action; design or goal. |
| translation |
writing or speech that has been changed from one language to another. |
| weld |
to join metal or plastic by using heat, followed either by pressure or by adding a melted material. |