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Unit 7: The Astronomer

Learn these words from the fable by Aesop (Inside: Level A, Unit 7).

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  1. astronomer
    a physicist who studies celestial bodies and the universe
  2. attract
    be appealing to
  3. describe
    give a statement representing something
  4. planet
    a celestial body that revolves around the sun
  5. constellation
    a configuration of stars as seen from the earth
  6. stumble
    miss a step and fall or nearly fall
  7. ditch
    a long narrow excavation in the earth
  8. bruise
    injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
  9. limp
    walk unevenly due to pain, injury, or weakness
  10. remark
    make or write a comment on
  11. moral
    the significance of a story or event
  12. ignore
    give little or no attention to
Created on Sun Aug 07 13:33:22 EDT 2016 (updated Sun Aug 07 14:19:39 EDT 2016)

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