Unit 1: LAFFF

Learn these words from the short story by Lensey Namioka (Inside: Level B, Unit 1).

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  1. genius
    someone who has exceptional intellectual ability
  2. immigrate
    come into a new country and change residency
  3. get along
    have a smooth or friendly relationship
  4. yelp
    bark in a high-pitched tone
  5. mad
    affected with insanity
  6. machine
    a mechanical or electrical device that transmits energy
  7. curiosity
    a state in which you want to learn more about something
  8. stall
    a small area set off for special use
  9. hiss
    utter quietly and in an urgent or angry way
  10. goggle
    look with amazement
  11. forward
    ahead in time or order or degree
  12. backward
    in or to or toward a past time
  13. artifact
    a man-made object
  14. convince
    make realize the truth or validity of something
  15. swallow
    believe or accept without questioning or challenge
  16. object
    express or raise a protest or criticism
  17. possibility
    a future prospect or potential
  18. future
    the time yet to come
  19. snatch
    grasp hastily or eagerly
  20. honorable mention
    an official recognition of merit
  21. deadline
    the point in time at which something must be completed
  22. brilliant
    having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
  23. destination
    the place designated as the end, as of a race or journey
  24. wonder
    the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
  25. paw
    touch clumsily
  26. dodge
    make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
  27. concentrate
    direct one's attention on something
  28. loom
    come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
  29. shape
    give form to
  30. fidget
    move restlessly
  31. knuckle
    a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
  32. agony
    intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
  33. suspense
    an uncertain cognitive state
  34. motion
    the act of changing location from one place to another
  35. imitation
    not genuine or real
  36. formally
    in accord with established conventions and requirements
  37. compliment
    a remark expressing praise and admiration
  38. figure out
    find the solution to or understand the meaning of
  39. dawn
    become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
  40. wind up
    finally be or do something
Created on Tue Jul 26 13:48:15 EDT 2016 (updated Thu Jul 28 14:38:12 EDT 2016)

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