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Home on the Moon
Spectrum Reading Grade 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| desolate | deserted |
| aisle | a walkway between sections of seats |
| grim | sad, harsh, fierce |
| craning | stretching the neck |
| banked | the airplane tipped to the side |
| lunar | related to the moon |
| ceased | stopped |
| similie | metaphor using 'as' or 'like' |
| approaching | coming near to |
| aspects | parts, features |
| colony | group of people in a new settlement |
| tomorrow | the day after today |
| remember | to recall, think of something again |
| immediately | straight away |
| oxygen | a gas we need to breathe |
| breathe | to take air into the lungs |
| breath | the air that is inhaled and exhaled |
| neither | nor |
| escalators | moving staircases |
| emptiness | containing nothing |