Grade 1 Word Definitions

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To reply to or talk to someone, either online or face-to-face. (from the practice of targeting a message or reply to someone online by writing @name)

Example:

“Cars 2 is the most influential film of all time. Don't @ me.”

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For the reason (that).

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A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

Example:

“My cat often sleeps on my bed. I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.”

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The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.

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Son of the same parents as another person.

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An animal of the family Felidae:

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An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.

Example:

“All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.”

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A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)

Example:

“Go easy on him: he is but a child.”

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An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.

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A mammal, Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.

Example:

“The dog barked all night long.”

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To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

Example:

“He drank the water I gave him.”

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An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.

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A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

Example:

“Salmon is a fish.”

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The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.

Example:

“The room has a wooden floor.”

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(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.

Example:

“I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.”

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Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.

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A happy event, thing, person, etc.

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A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone or a cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.

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An explosive mixture of nitroglycerine and nitrate absorbed onto a base of wood pulp.

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The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.

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A young goat.

Example:

“He treated the oxen like they didn't exist, but he treated the goat kid like a puppy.”

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A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver, badger, etc.

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The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.

Example:

“They walked across the stream on a fallen log.”

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A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

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An adult male human.

Example:

“The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.”

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A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.

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The part of the day from dawn to noon.

Example:

“I'll see you tomorrow morning.”

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A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.

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Cloth or string with holes in it, used to catch things.

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An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis.

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Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.

Example:

“There were so many people at the restaurant last night.”

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Any of several intelligent mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus scrofa.

Example:

“The man kept a pen with two pigs that he fed from carrots to cabbage.”

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An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.

Example:

“The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border.”

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A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.

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Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

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(physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.

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To run.

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(collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

Example:

“The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.”

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To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

Example:

“You should sleep 8 hours a day.”

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Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.

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A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.

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Coherent; well organized.

Example:

“He's really together.”

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The highest or uppermost part of something.

Example:

“His kite got caught at the top of the tree.”

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Elongated portion.

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Being lower; being beneath something.

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A covered vehicle used for carrying goods or people, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but smaller than a truck/lorry.

Example:

“The van sped down the road.”

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A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.

Example:

“By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen.”

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Liquid or moisture.

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The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.

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An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

Example:

“Was that a yes?”