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Anticipation |
Is a noun that means a good feeling of hope about what might happen. |
You might feel great anticipation about the birth of a new brother or sister. I feel anticipation about meeting my new homeroom each year. We may have a sense of anticipation as we start a new piece of fiction. We are thinking about what the characters and setting might be, but especially about the problem and events to resolution. |
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Relax |
A verb that means to become calmer or less tense. |
After school, you might relax and watch a little bit of televisions. People sometimes go on trips or vacations to relax. In the story, the family is planning a trip to Maine, which is a state with lots of lakes and forest. They probably want to relax. |
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Complication |
A noun that means something that makes a situation more difficult. It's not usually a good thing. |
If you are planning a hiking trip and you break your leg, that's a complication. If you do something bad but you don't want to explain why you did it, you might say "it's complicated." |
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Disaster |
A noun that means any event that causes a lot of damage. |
Disasters are really bad. Some kind of weather are disasters like a volcanic eruption, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Other things can be disasters too. It would be a disaster if you ruin a surprise party. It would be a disaster if someone dropped a Thanksgiving turkey on the weight of the table. When something is a disaster, we call it disastrous. |
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Misunderstanding |
A noun that is usually an accident, where one person simply does not understand something important. |
You might have a misunderstanding with a friend and it can lead to hurt feelings. Misunderstanding a word problem in math can lead you to get the wrong answer. You know what understand mean. The prefix mis means not. |
