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Scott Foresman Reading Vocabulary Unit 1
Shutting Out the Sky
Expository Fiction
| advice | an opinion about what should be done |
| advised | gave advice to |
| circumstances | conditions that accompany an act or event |
| elbow | to push with the elbow; make your way by pushing |
| hustled | went or worked quickly or with energy |
| immigrants | people who have come into a country to live there |
| luxury | something pleasant but not absolutely necessary |
| newcomer | a person who has just come or who came not long ago |
| peddler | a person who travels about selling things carried in a pack or in a truck, wagon, or cart |