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A set of cookies baked at the same time is called this.
batch
A clumsy or careless mistake is called this.
blunder
Instead of signing your full name, you might just write these letters.
initials
The amount of money a person earns for their job is called this.
salary
A short message you send on your phone is called this.
communication
Another word for something really awful or terrible.
dreadful
To wash away dirt or remove impurities.
cleanse
If you arrive right away without delay, you are doing it this way.
promptly
The beat in music that helps you clap along is called this.
Water that isn’t hot or cold, but just lukewarm, is called this.
tepid
If handwriting is hard to read because it’s messy, it can be described as this.
sloppy
After being sick, you rest so your body can do this.
recover
If you aren’t sure how something happened but it did, you might say this.
somehow
A group of five musicians playing together is this.
quintet
In a game of cards, pretending you have a strong hand when you don’t is called this.
bluff
A magician might make a rabbit do this—disappear.
vanish
A balloon does this when you blow air into it.
expand
To rub something until it’s smooth and shiny.
polish
A grassy field filled with flowers is known as this.
meadow
If something is not broken and still in one piece, it remains this.
intact
A teacher who always makes sure rules are followed might be called this.
strict
A book with clues, secrets, and detectives might be this genre.
mystery
If you don’t accept an idea or invitation, you do this.
reject
A refrigerator door holds your notes with this kind of force.
magnetic
The Statue of Liberty is one of these.
statue