Tampa 16 Vocabulary 1. 2. 3. 4. hike: to walk or march a great distance for pleasure of exercise A period or step in a process, activity, or development pine: any evergreen tree having long, needle-shaped leaves. ripe: fully grown or developed. stage: the platform on which the actors perform in a theater. 5. trade: an exchange of items, usually without payment of money; swap 6. sphere: a solid geometric figure whose surface is made up of all the points that are an equal distance from the point that is in the shape’s center; a globe-shaped body 7. ache: to have or suffer a continuous, dull pain. 8. bitter: having a harsh, disagreeably sharp taste; unpleasantly cold 9. skipper: the master or captain of a vessel. 10. slipper: any light, low-cut shoe without laces into which the foot may be easily worn. 11. whisper: to speak with soft, hushed sounds. 12. buffalo: any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. 13. annual: occurring or returning once a year. 14. liver: a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity. 15. notice: information or warning of something; observe carefully 16. ceiling: the overhead interior surface of a room. 17. raced: a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing. 18. scissors: a cutting instrument for paper, cloth, etc. instrument having two blades whose cutting edges slide past one another 19. success: the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors. Satisfactory completion of something; gaining of wealth respect, or fame 20. cylinder: a surface or solid bounded by two parallel planes and generated by a straight line. A geometric shape composed of two parallel faces of identical size and shape and a curved surface that connects their borders 21. medicine: any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness. 22. likely: seeming to be the truth; reasonably to be believed or expected; probably 23. pony: a horse of any small type or breed. 24. duty: something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation. 25. slippery: unstable or insecure, as conditions. Having a surface smooth enough to cause one to slide or lose one’s hold 26. strawberry: the fruit of any stemless plant’ an edible juice red fruit of a low-growing herb 27. symmetry: the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point. Close agreement in size, shape, and position of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line 28. deny: to declare not to be true; contradict; to refuse to accept the existence or truth of