In Two Worlds:A Yup’ik Eskimo Family

• (vast) adj. great in size

• When we got to the top of the mountain, we looked over the vast valley below.

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• (tilt’ • ed) v. past tense of tilt: to raise one side of

• When I sat on the teeter-totter, it tilted the other side.

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• (with’ • ǝrd) v. past tense of wither: to dry up from a loss of moisture

• The uprooted flowers withered and died.

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• (in • ha’ • bǝt) v. to live in or on

• My family will inhabit an apartment until we get a house.

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• (rōl) n. a position or function

• He has a lead role in the play.

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• (lug’ • shŏŏ • rē) adj. expensive

• We won a luxury trip to Maui.

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• (frā’ • tǝr) n. a ship used for carrying cargo

• We watched the freighter pull up to the dock.

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• (sōō’ • ij) n. waste that is carried off in sewers and drains

• The sewage backed up in my house and caused flooding.

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• (lǝ • gōōn’) n. a shallow body of water usually connected to a larger body of water

• We could see the small lagoon connected to the lake.

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• (flōō’ • ǝnt) adj. able to speak effortlessly

• The fluent French teacher was able to teach her class without a problem.

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