grăv ĭ tā´tion (shŭn): the law of nature by which all bodies are drawn toward one another.

Great Wall, the: a wall fourteen hundred miles long, built many hundreds of years ago for the defense of the Chinese Empire.

grēen´swa̤rd: turf green with grass.

guärd´ĭ an: one to whose care a person or thing is committed.

gŭlls̝: long-winged seabirds.

hăv´ŏc: destruction; ruin.

ha̤ws̝´ẽrs̝: large ropes.

hẽr´mĭt: a man who lives apart from other people.

hĭl´lȯck: a small mound.