Vocabulary

• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• shrink: To become smaller
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• creative: Having the ability to make something new
• shrine: Religious place that honors a person or saint
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• freeze: To harden to a solid below zero degrees
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• spreadsheet: Computer file for performing calculations
• sprawl: To spread out in an uncontrolled way
• actor: Person who acts in the theater, movies, or TV
• arrive: To reach the place you are traveling to
• friend: Person who you like and enjoy being with
• garden: Yard; ground outside your house to grow plants
• free: Living, happening without being controlled
• water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
• cry: To sound an animal may make to call its family
• city: Area with many buildings, roads and people
• driver: People who move cattle from one place to another
• ice: Frozen gas or liquid, esp. water