The Green Book Chapter 1

Mr. MacMillan (United States of America)
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  1. ration
    a fixed portion that is allotted
    Iron rations will be provided.
  2. bulky
    of large size for its weight
    Nothing under this heading will be taken if it is bulky or' heavy, fragile or perishable.
  3. fragile
    easily broken or damaged or destroyed
    Nothing under this heading will be taken if it is bulky or' heavy, fragile or perishable.
  4. perishable
    food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated
    Nothing under this heading will be taken if it is bulky or' heavy, fragile or perishable.
  5. disturb
    change the arrangement or position of
    We were excited, disturbed, and we hadn't really understood that everything else would be left behind.
  6. diminish
    decrease in size, extent, or range
    Joe went and talked to Father by and by, but Sarah and Pattie stood at a porthole all day long, and saw the world shrink and shrink and diminish down till it looked like a round cloudy glass marble that you could have rolled on the palm of your hand.
  7. navigate
    direct and plot the path and position of a conveyance
    The Disaster from which we were escaping happened much sooner than they had 5 thought it would, and after two days the ship was £lying in radio silence, alone, and navigating with a calculator program on the computer, and a map of magnetic fields.
  8. gravity
    the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
    "We will still be here when I'm fourteen l" said Joe, as though he found that as hard to believe as Pattie found the lack of gravity.
  9. distant
    separated in space or coming from far away
    They had flown off to find distant, promising-looking planets.
  10. colonization
    the act of settling a group of people in a new place
    Our computer was intended for exploration journeys, not for colonization.
  11. allocate
    distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose
    But we are lucky to be away at all, remember, and they allocated us a much nearer destination so that our old ship could get us somewhere."
  12. grumble
    make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
    At first, everyone had hated it, grumbled all the time about tiny cubicles, about no exercise, about nothing to do.
  13. cubicle
    small area set off by walls for special use
    At first, everyone had hated it, grumbled all the time about tiny cubicles, about no exercise, about nothing to do.
  14. settle
    take up residence and become established
    But time went by, and people settled down to playing games, and sleeping, and talking a little, and got used to it, and so when at last everyone had 9 had four birthdays On the ship, and the journey had been going on for what seemed like forever and ever, and the Guide told us all there were only months to go now, people were worried instead of glad.
Created on Fri Nov 01 06:34:25 EDT 2013 (updated Fri Nov 01 09:58:50 EDT 2013)

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