| claim |
to state as true. |
| decode |
to change the symbols in a secret language into ordinary language; decipher. |
| eject |
to throw out with force. |
| fantasy |
imagination or something imagined. |
| groove |
a long narrow cut or dent in a surface. |
| kindle |
to build or start (a fire). |
| measurement |
the specific size of something, given in units. |
| mount1 |
to climb. |
| reveal |
to make known; tell. |
| sliver |
a small, thin splinter of wood or glass that has broken off. |
| technology |
a field of knowledge having to do with the practical applications of science and industry, or the inventions and methods of solving problems that are produced through research in these areas. |
| thoroughly |
completely; throughout. |
| 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. |
| value |
the worth of something in money, goods, or services. |
| willing |
wanting or agreeing to do something; ready. |