Write the word or words from each sentence that helped you determine the meaning of the bold, italicized word.
In many Native American tribes, the shaman, or medicine man, acted as a ceremonial priest.
As with all electric currents, or discharges, lightning will follow the path of least resistance. This means that it will take the route that is easiest to travel on.
Many settlers on the vast American plains in the late nineteenth century used sod, or earth, as a building material for their houses.
Then, arrange a handful of mulch, dead leaves, on the top of the soil.
Born in 1833, John Styth Pemberton was a pharmacist, a drug store owner, who moved to Atlanta, Georgia.
To make a living, he created so-called patent medicines, homemade medicines that were sold without a prescription.
Since many large companies have downsized, reduced their staffs, there are fewer management and support jobs available.
We crunch and chew our way through vast quantities of snacks and confectioneries, candies, and relieve our thirst with multicolored, flavored soft drinks.
Opthalmologists and optometrists are both eye care specialists, but there are differences between what they can do. Ophalmalogists are specialists who are also medical doctors. They have earned their M.D. degrees.