| youth
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| the state of being young
| In my youth, I had dark hair but now it is white.
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| yoke
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| a wooden frame that fits over the shoulders of two oxen or other work animals so that they can pull a load.
| The yoke keeps the animals together.
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| yo-yo
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| a toy that spins up and down on a string.
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| zebra
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| a striped African mammal that is part of the horse family.
| Zebras live in herds on open plains and eat grass and shrubs.
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| zero
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| nothing or none.
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| zigzag
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| a line with a series of sharp turns and angles in it.
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| zinc
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| a blue-white, brittle metal.
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| zipper
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| a device with two rows of teeth that can be opened and closed.
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| zodiac
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| the 12 sections into which astrologers divide the sky. Each part is represented by a sign.
| Zippers are used to fasten clothing or bags.
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| zone
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| an area that is divided off for a particular purpose.
| A no-parking zone.
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| zoo
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| a place where people can observe and learn about animals.
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| zoom
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| to move very fast.
| The four motorcycles zoomed past me.
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| morph
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| undergo or cause to undergo a gradual process of transformation
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| accident
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| something that goes wrong by chance
| He spilled the juice, but it was an accident
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| against
| preposition
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| next to something, touching it
| Against the fence
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| bulb
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| the rounded glass part of an electric light
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| sunfl ower
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| a tall plant with large, yellow fl owers. The seeds can be eaten or used to make cooking oil.
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| ram
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| a male sheep.
| They used the log as a ram to break down the door.
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| share
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| to have or use together.
| They shared the melon.
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| rare
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| unusual or not common.
| A rare blue morpho butterfly
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| accordion
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| a musical instrument that you squeeze to make a sound
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| abacus
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| a frame with sliding beads, used for counting.
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| about
| preposition
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| on the subject of. We talked about the play
| About to leave.
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| absurd
| adjective
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| silly or ridiculous
| She looked absurd leaving for school in her pajamas.
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| accurate
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| exactly right
| A stop watch gives accurate time
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| abbreviation
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| a short way of writing a word or a group of words
| “Ave.” is an abbreviation of “avenue.”
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| above
| preposition
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| over, or higher than something.
| Above her head
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| accent
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| the way people say words. She had a foreign accent
| Café” is pronounced “kafay.”
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| ace
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| a playing card that has one main symbol in the center
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| abdomen
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| the part of an animal’s or a person’s body that contains the intestines and stomach
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