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Tampa 30 Vocabulary 1. celebrate: to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with festivities, proclaim. 2. figure: the use of numbers in calculating; arithmetic, form or shape. 3. escape: to slip or get away, as from confinement or restraint; gain or regain liberty. 4. arrange: to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly. 5. produce: to make or manufacture. 6. graduate: a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study. 7. improve: to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition. 8. copper: a metallic reddish brown. 9. lantern: case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain. 10. lumber: timber sawed or split into planks, boards. 11. signal: anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture. 12. bonnet: a hat, usually tying under the chin and often framing the face. 13. inches: very small degree or amount, measurement. 14. bookshelf: made of a flat board or some type of material to hold articles. 15. snap: to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle. 16. brand: kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark. 17. melt: to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal. 18. rotten: decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling. 19. club: a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, a group of persons organized for a social, literary, athletic, or political group. 20.drawn: tense; haggard, to sketch. 21. shove: to move along by force from behind; push. 22.gasp: a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise. 23.stack: a more or less orderly pile or heap. 24.grand: stately, majestic, or dignified. 25.split: to divide or separate from end to end or into layers. 26.hunt: to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing. 27.stuff: the material of which anything is made. 28.comb: a toothed strip of plastic, hard rubber, bone, wood, or metal, used for arranging the hair.