| among |
together with or in the middle of. |
| awhile |
for a short time. |
| born |
a past participle of bear1. |
| gain |
to get. |
| gesture |
to make a motion with the body that expresses a feeling or thought. |
| hoop |
a large ring of wood, plastic, or metal, such as a child uses as a toy or an animal jumps through. |
| miss1 |
to fail to hit, catch, reach, cross, or touch. |
| nighttime |
the time between sunset and dawn. |
| nothing |
not anything. |
| pat1 |
a light tap or stroke with the open hand or a flat object. |
| plant |
a living thing that has leaves, makes its own food, and has roots that usually grow in the earth. |
| spool |
an object shaped like a cylinder with a rim on each end. Thread, tape, wire, and film are wound on spools. |
| sunny |
having weather in which the sky is blue and clouds do not block the light of the sun. |
| ugly |
not pleasant to look at. |
| word |
a sound or group of sounds that has some meaning that other people can understand. Words are a basic unit of language. |