| address |
a formal speech or talk. |
| adore |
to love and admire very strongly. |
| cycle |
a circle of events that repeats in a regular pattern. |
| educate |
to provide knowledge, training, and guidance to. |
| 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. |
| grumble |
to complain in a low voice. |
| introduction |
a part at the beginning of something, such as a book, article, or speech, that explains what will follow. |
| lance |
a weapon with a long pole and pointed metal head. |
| perform |
to carry out; do. |
| regular |
normal or usual. |
| relate |
to tell the story of. |
| shorten |
to make shorter. |
| species |
a group of living things that naturally produce young with other members of the same group but not with those of other groups. |
| 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. |
| wardrobe |
a collection of clothes or costumes that is the property of one person or of a theater. |