Vocabulary

• get together: To gather, or come together for some purpose
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• exclusively: For the use of only one person or group
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• hearty: (Of emotions) warm and sincere
• great: Very good; better than before
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• symbol: Image that means or represents something
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• slaughter: Act of killing an animal to get its meat
• dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• signify: To mean something; be a symbol of something
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• historical: Connected with the past
• background: Images, color, or information behind the main one
• horn: Device that makes a loud warning noise
• forgive: To stop blaming someone for guilt, mistake
• cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
• dish: Shallow container that you cook or serve food in
• pilgrim: Traveler going to a place with religious meaning
• history: Established pattern or record
• national: Concerning a nation as a whole
• jelly: Semisolid food substance, eaten as dessert
• overflow: (Liquid) to flow over the edge of something
• turkey: Edible bird resembling a large chicken
• cranberry: Small, dark-red berry used for juice, etc.