| abroad |
in or to a country that is not one's own. |
| accommodate |
to do a favor for; meet the needs of by changing one's own plans. [1/3 definitions] |
| acquire |
to get or come to have as one's own. |
| adopt |
to become a parent of (a child) by law, or to accept an animal as a pet and become responsible for it. [1/3 definitions] |
| aggression |
The use of force or violence against another in order to dominate or achieve one's own goals. [1/2 definitions] |
| Alberta |
Alberta is one of the ten provinces of Canada. A province is an area of land that is one part of a country. Each province has its own capital. |
| assume |
to take on as one's own duty, job, or appearance; adopt. [1/3 definitions] |
| autograph |
the name of a person, especially a famous person, written in his or her own handwriting. [1/2 definitions] |
| belong |
When something belongs to you, you own it. It is yours. [1/4 definitions] |
| belonging |
A person's belongings are the things that they own. [1/2 definitions] |
| boast |
to be proud to own. [1/3 definitions] |
| borrow |
to take and use as one's own. [1/2 definitions] |
| British Columbia |
British Columbia is one of the ten provinces of Canada. A province is an area of land that is one part of a country. Each province has its own capital. |
| cabinet |
A cabinet is a group of powerful leaders who give advice to a president or other head of government in a country. Most cabinet members have their own particular area that they are in charge of and help the top leader with. In the United States, some of the areas are education, transportation, defense, energy, and agriculture. [1/2 definitions] |
| cafeteria |
A cafeteria is a place where people buy and eat food. In a cafeteria, people walk along a long counter and choose their own food. Then they carry it to a table. |
| childish |
If a person acts in a childish way, they act in some of the ways that little children act. They refuse to do things that make sense. They have difficulty being patient, and they can get very angry about things that are not really so important. They can be greedy. Sometimes they think only about their own feelings and nobody else's. Sometimes acting in a childish way, just means acting like a child and not like an adult acts. |
| civil rights |
in the United States, certain rights, such as the right to vote, own property, and have a fair trial. These rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and Acts of Congress. [1/2 definitions] |
| civil war |
When Americans talk about the Civil War and use capital letters for it in writing, they mean the war that happened in the United States between 1861 and 1865. In this war, Southern states and Northern states fought against each other. Southern states wanted to break away from the United States and have their own country in which they could continue to make their own laws about slavery. The Northern states fought the war to prevent them from leaving the United States. [1/2 definitions] |
| colonialism |
the practice that a country is engaged in when it takes over another country and sets up its own government and colony there. A "colony" is what the country is called that is taken over by the more powerful country. Colonialism serves the purpose of creating wealth and power for the ruling country. |
| confident |
sure about one's own abilities. [1/2 definitions] |
| county |
In America, a county is a part of a state. It often includes a number of towns and areas of countryside. Some large cities are counties all by themselves or even contain two or more counties. Like a city, a county has its own government. It has its own highways that it takes care of and things like hospitals. sheriff's office, and emergency services. A county can sometimes have laws that other counties in the same state don't have. For example, it might have a law that sets lower speed limits. |