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This word is a blend of "breakfast" and "lunch."
What is brunch?
The path a spaceship or the ISS takes as it circles around the Earth.
What is an orbit?
This word describes what Cesar Chavez did when he refused to eat to help farm workers.
What is fasting?
A pool of water that is not very deep.
What is shallow?
To spend a lot of money all at once on something you don't really need.
What is to splurge?
A combination of "smoke" and "fog," often found in big cities.
What is smog?
The invisible force that Sally Ride didn't have to worry about while floating in space.
What is gravity?
Patrick Henry famously said, "Give me _______ or give me death!"
What is liberty?
If you feel very sad or unhappy, like the stag looking at his skinny legs.
What is gloomy?
This action word describes a heavy, clumsy fall, like a someone dropping onto a soft beanbag chair.
What is to flop?
This word for a snorting, happy chuckle comes from "chuckle" and "snort."
What is a chortle?
Louis Pasteur discovered that heating milk to 140°F would kill these tiny living things.
What are germs?
When Russia and the U.S. brought their plans together for the Space Station, they did this.
What is united?
To break violently into many pieces, like a branch hit by a rock or a window hit by a ball.
What is shatter (or smash)?
A wiggly mark or a scrawl made with a pen or pencil.
What is a squiggle?
A motorized bicycle that blends the words "motor" and "pedal."
What is a moped?
The layer of air and gases that surrounds our planet.
What is the atmosphere?
If you study a subject for many years to find out new things, like Sally Ride did, you are doing this.
What is research?
Someone who has no courage or is easily scared.
What is a coward?
To dive or jump quickly into something, like countries joining the Space Station project.
What is to plunge?
A person who is "bold" and "rash" (unthinking) is described by this 5-letter word.
What is brash?
A medicine that helps your body build a defense to keep from getting a disease.
What is a vaccine?
Patrick Henry felt the British taxes didn't make any sense; he called them this 9-letter word.
What is senseless?
The stag's antlers were very high; the story says they _______ above his head.
What is towered?
This word can mean a way through a building, a trip by sea, or a part of a book.
What is a passage?