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The continents are slowly drifting apart. Since they are not STATIONARY, North and South America will one day separate entirely.
Not moving, still
Not a single plant or animal could be seen on the BARREN land. It was just miles and miles of sand and rocks.
Empty
Harold was never late for school as he left PRECISELY at 7:34 every morning and arrived just before the bell rang.
Exactly
Mr. Stevens divided the class into four groups and DESIGNATED one student in each group to be the leader.
selected, picked
When Carlos got the flu, he had to stay away from his brothers so that he wouldn't CONTAMINATE them.
infect, pollute, spread
After the war was over, the soldiers LIBERATED all the prisoners and allowed them to return to their families safely.
freed
Jose love all animals except he LOATHED cats and refused to even be in the room if there was a cat in it!
hated
Grandpa was in a JOVIAL mood, making jokes and laughing all morning.
happy
The river was usually easy to walk across, but all the rain made for high water and it was TREACHEROUS to walk across.
dangerous
The author Rick Riordan is a PROMINENT writer. Almost everyone knows about his famous book, "The Lightning Thief".
well known
The mummies of Egypt are very old, so people think the Egyptians had special ways of EMBALMING, or preserving their dead.
preserve, mummify, save
Nina was embarrassed by her BLUNDER and couldn’t believe she’d made such a silly mistake.
mistake
Unlike her last school, where many students seemed HOSTILE, Tammy’s new school seemed filled with friendly people who were eager to make friends.
unfriendly, mean
She gave her CONSENT and allowed her son to go to the concert with his friends.
Permission
They left from the bottom of the mountain on Sunday, and did not reach the SUMMIT until Tuesday. They were exhausted, but very proud!
the top
The divers tried to SALVAGE the valuable cargo from the sunken ship. They hoped to save at least some of the treasures they knew were trapped at the bottom of the sea.
save
