| effort |
the action of physical or mental energy. |
| foul |
very unpleasant to taste, smell, or look at. |
| gamble |
to bet money or other things on the way a game, race, or other event will end. |
| griddle |
a flat pan or flat heated surface used in cooking. |
| hygiene |
the practice of keeping clean to stay healthy and prevent disease. |
| improvement |
a change that makes something better than it was. |
| mammoth |
a very large extinct mammal closely related to elephants. Mammoths were much bigger than elephants, and had shaggy black fur and long tusks that curved upward. Several kinds of mammoths lived in the Northern Hemisphere until the end of the last Ice Age. |
| orphan |
a child whose parents have died. |
| position |
the location of a person or thing. |
| span |
the stretch or reach between two points. |
| theft |
an act of stealing. |
| tourism |
the act of traveling, usually for sightseeing or relaxing. |
| traditional |
relating to customs and ways of doing things in a particular culture that are passed down from parents to children. |
| tread |
to step or walk on, in, or along. |
| witness |
a person who sees or hears something that happened. |