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r generous [d3eneras] a d j.
When someone is generous, they like to give things to people.
-* The generous man donated several new computers to our school.

r ingredient [ingrtdiant] n.
An ingredient is something that is part of a food dish.
-* The main ingredients in cake are eggs, sugar and flour.

r insist [insist] v.
To insist means to be firm in telling people what to do.

-*■I insist that you try some of these cookies.
C m e S S [mes] n.
A mess is a condition that is not clean or neat.

-*•Heather’s room was a complete mess.

c metal [meto n.
Metal is a strong material people use to build things.
-*•Steel is a common metal that is used to build buildings.

r monitor [manitar] v.
To monitor people or things is to watch them closely.

-*■The teacher monitors the students when they take tests.

r oppose [apouz] v.
To oppose something means to dislike it or act against it.
-*■I want to be a police officer because I oppose crime.

r passive [paesiv] a.
If a person is passive, they do not take action to solve problems.
-»Marcie is so passive that she never solves her own problems.

r quantity [kwantati] n.
A quantity is a certain amount of something.
-* I have a small quantity of milk in my glass.

r sue [su:J v.
To sue someone is to take them to court for something wrong they did.
-* I sued the company after I slipped on a banana peel in their hallway.