Reading Explorer 1 Unit 9

(adj.) something the law says is not allowed

• legal
• lawful
• illegal
• irregular

(n.) the whole system or set of rules made by the government of a town, state or country

• raw

• law

• row

• low

(v.) to find the place or position of (something or someone)

• local
• locomotion
• location
• locate

(v.) to keep (something) in its original state or in good condition

• preserve
• pressure
• promise
• conserve

(adj.) useful, helpful, or worth a lot of money

• evaluation
• value
• devalue
• valuable

(adj.) something that is not common and therefore valuable

• mayor
• air
• rare
• care

(v.) to measure how heavy someone or something is

• weigh
• way
• weight
• waiter

(n.) something that is very special, important or valuable

• leisure
• important
• pleasure
• treasure

(n.) a person who collects certain things as a hobby

• hunter
• collector
• editor
• selector

(phrase) greatly desired or sought after

• look for
• in terms of
• in demand
• in turn