Vocabulary

• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in the game: Still involved or active in a competition or situation.
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• tease: To purposefully bother an animal
• leave: To go away from; depart
• quarter: 25 cents
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• rebound: Bouncing off something, then going back into play
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• dunk: To put a donut, etc. into a liquid to wet it
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• triple: Group or set of three
• save: To make your computer keep a file
• hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
• fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
• early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
• hoop: Round or circular shape or object
• bad: Not good; wrong
• electrify: To energize or excite people
• corral: To enclose animals together in a fenced area