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definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accurate | without errors, completely correct, conforming to the truth |
| alert | watchful and ready to act; quick to understand and act |
| alert | readiness; an alarm; a time when an alarm is in effect |
| alert | to warn or make aware of |
| ancestor | a family member who lived at an earlier time |
| disaster | a terrible event that brings great damage or suffering; a great loss |
| elementary | related to the simplest or beginning level of something |
| envy | resentment for what someone has; a person or object that is envied |
| envy | to resent and want what someone else has |
| epidemic | spreading to a very large group at the same time; contagious |
| epidemic | a rapid widespread outbreak of a disease |
| feeble | having little strength or force; without energy or authority |
| penetrate | to enter or force a way through or into; to see into |
| romp | spirited, carefree, or noisy fun; something that suggests merry play |
| romp | to run or play in a lively or carefree way; to win easily |
| staple | a u-shaped wire that fastens material by piercing and bending; a major product, material, part, or item regularly used |
| staple | to fasten with staples |
| staple | chief, principal; needed or used regularly |
| survive | to stay alive or continue to exist; to keep on going; to live longer than |