| accustom |
to cause (oneself or another) to become used to something over time. |
| bride |
a woman who is about to be married or was just married. |
| competitor |
a person, group, or thing engaged in a contest. |
| diary |
a daily record of a person's experiences and thoughts. |
| directly |
without space or action in between. |
| faint |
weak or slight. |
| 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. |
| gravity |
the force by which all objects in the universe are attracted to each other. |
| laughter |
the act or sound of laughing. |
| lousy |
(informal) nasty or mean. |
| merit |
worth or high quality. |
| plural |
having to do with or naming the form of a word that signals more than one. |
| upstairs |
on or toward an upper floor; up the stairs. |
| wad |
a small mass or ball. |
| waddle |
to walk using short steps while rocking from side to side. |