| ballot |
a piece of paper on which people who are voting enter their choices. |
| contagious |
able to be spread from person to person. |
| cram |
to fill with more than can be easily held. |
| crook |
something bent, curved, or hooked. |
| decay |
to rot or become rotted. |
| dike |
a dam or high wall built to prevent flooding. |
| directly |
without space or action in between. |
| fate |
the power that is often believed to decide what will happen in human life or history. |
| flirt |
to play at love; act in a romantic way that is not serious. |
| fret1 |
to feel troubled or uneasy. |
| future |
time that is yet to come. |
| gene |
a tiny section of a chromosome. A gene causes a particular characteristic, such as eye color or hair color, to be passed on from parent to offspring. |
| insult |
to speak to or treat without respect or in a way that hurts feelings. |
| internet |
the world's largest computer network, which is made of millions of computers that are linked together. Some parts of the internet are the World Wide Web, electronic mail, and chat rooms. |
| sphere |
a round, solid figure in which every point on the surface is an equal distance from the center. |