| awful |
very bad; terrible; of poor quality. |
| cook |
to prepare food for eating by using heat. |
| duty |
something that a person should do because it is right or fair. |
| gate |
a part of a fence or wall that swings to open and close. |
| height |
the distance from the bottom to the top. |
| housekeeper |
a person whose job is to take care of a house, hotel, or other place where people stay. |
| narrow |
not wide. |
| pant |
to breathe in quick, short breaths; gasp. |
| peanut |
a seed that people eat like a nut but grows under the ground and is in the same family of plants as beans. |
| pond |
a small body of still water. |
| railroad |
a road of two connected steel bars along which trains move, or a system of transportation that uses these roads. |
| river |
a large natural stream of water that flows toward a lake, ocean, or other larger body of water. |
| speech |
the power to speak, or the act of speaking. |
| spool |
an object shaped like a cylinder with a rim on each end. Thread, tape, wire, and film are wound on spools. |
| tube |
a long, hollow piece of glass, metal, or rubber used to hold or carry liquids or gases. |