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r gentle [emeriti] adj.
Someone who is gentle is kind and calm.

-♦He is very gentle with the baby.
r geography [d3i:agr9fi] n.
Geography is the study of where things are.
-*■I had to draw a map for geography class.

r interfere [intarfiad v.
To interfere is to cause problems and keep something from happening.

-♦My little sister always interferes when I’m trying to study.

r lightly [laitli] adv.
To do something lightly is to not push very hard.

-►Draw lightly so you do not tear your paper.

r principal [prinsapal] n.
A principal is a person in charge of a school.
-* My school’s principal can be very strict with the rules.

r row [rou] n.
A row is a line of things.
-♦James put all of his toy soldiers into neat rows.

r shelf tjeif] n.
A shelf is a place on a wall where you put things.
-* I keep my clothes on a shelf in my closet.

r spite [spait] n.
If you do something out of spite, you want to be mean.
-* He snuck into his sister’s room and stole her bag out of spite.

r S lip e r [su:par] adj.
Super means really good.
-»My dad said I did a super Job cleaning the house.

P W e t [wet] adj.
If something is wet, it has water on it.
-* Since my dog was wet, he tried to shake all the water off his body.