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| to take hold of something firmly
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| grass
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| a plant with long, thin, green leaves.
| Grass is an important food for many animals.
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| grasshopper
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| a jumping insect that feeds on plants.
| Grasshoppers have two sets of wings and strong back legs.
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| grateful
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| feeling thankful to someone because they have done something for you.
| She was grateful for one of his sandwiches.
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| grave
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| a hole in the ground in which a dead body is buried.
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| grave
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| very serious and important.
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| gravel
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| a mixture of tiny pieces of stone, used for covering paths and roads.
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| gravity
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| the natural force that pulls everything down toward Earth.
| Apples fall downward rather than upward because of gravity
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| gray
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| a color that is a mixture of black and white.
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| graze
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| to move around eating grass and plants, in the way that cattle and other animals do.
| grazing antelopes
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| grease
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| a soft, thick oil or fat.
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| great
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| very big.
| The great trees grew over the road.
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| greedy
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| wanting much more of something than you need.
| A greedy person.
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| green
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| a color.
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| greenhouse
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| a building made mainly of glass, used for growing plants.
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| greet
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| to welcome someone.
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| greeting
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| an action, or words, used when meeting someone.
| When we arrived, she gave us a traditional Indian greeting.
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| grief
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| great unhappiness.
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| grill
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| a set of metal bars for cooking food on.
| barbecue grill
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| grin
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| to have a big smile.
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| grind
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| to crush something into a powder by rubbing it.
| Grinding spices.
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| grip
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| to hold on to something very firmly
| She gripped her briefcase.
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| groan
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| to make a long, deep sound because you are unhappy or in pain.
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| groceries
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| food, cleaning supplies, and other things that you buy regularly to use at home.
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| groom
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| to make an animal clean by brushing it.
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| groove
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| a long, fine line that is cut into a flat surface.
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| grotesque
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| ugly and strange.
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| ground
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| the surface of the Earth.
| You could see the ground from the top of the tower
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| group
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| people, animals, or things that are connected in some way.
| A group of schoolchildren.
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| grow
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| to become bigger.
| The plant grew a little more every day
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