| disease |
a condition that causes harm to the health of a person, animal, or plant; illness; sickness. |
| effectively |
in a way that produces a successful result. |
| favorite |
a person or thing preferred over others. |
| gait |
a way of walking or running. |
| member |
one of the people or things in a particular group. |
| paragraph |
a part of something written made up of one or more sentences that develop a certain idea. A paragraph begins on a new line which is usually indented from the other lines. |
| pastel |
a pale, soft color. |
| politician |
a person who holds a government office. |
| Scripture |
(often lower case) a passage from the Bible. |
| scrub |
to clean by rubbing hard. |
| semester |
one half of a school or college year. |
| succeed |
to have a good or favorable result; do well. |
| venture |
an activity or undertaking in which there is risk or the result is not certain. |
| wail |
to make a long, loud cry out of sadness or pain. |
| wedge |
a piece of wood or metal shaped like a triangle with a thin edge. A wedge is driven or forced between objects to split, lift, or make them stronger. |