Grandma's Cherished Desert Oasis

1. growth plant life growing in a certain area cherished cared about deeply furrows long, deep grooves cut into soil shunned stayed away from ample more than enough windmill a machine that uses wind to generate power Vocabulary in Context Grandma's Desert Home Grandma told me that even as a young woman she ___________________ the city.  She never liked the crowds and always ______________________ quiet times.  That's why she moved to the desert.  The first time I visited her there, I was surprised.  From the road, you could not see her house.  It was hidden by tall grasses and other desert ____________________.  I had not expected to see so many plants in the desert. When Grandma and I walked behind her house, I saw a giant _____________________.  Its wooden arms were spinning slowly in the breeze.  Grandma explained that as it spins, the windmill pumps water from her well.  She has _______________________ water for drinking and bathing.  There's even enough for watering the vegetables that she has planted in _____________________________in the soil.