The USA- culture
★ Sunday family dinners
★ Baby showers
★ Wearing shoes in the house
★ Halloween
★ High school prom
New words
1. taboo- prohibited or restricted by social custom
2. lox- a fillet of brined salmon
3. hominy- coarsely ground corn used to make grits
4. grits- a porridge made from boiled cornmeal
5. gravy- a sauce made by mixing the fat and juices exuded by meat during cooking with stock and other ingredients
6. clam- a marine bivalve mollusc with shells of equal size
7. chowder- a rich soup typically containing fish, clams, or corn with potatoes and onions
8. shaker- a member of an American religious sect, the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Coming
9. secular- not connected with religious or spiritual matters
10. obese- grossly fat or overweight
11. differ- be unlike or dissimilar
12. sufficient- enough
13. brisk- active and energetic
14. voluminous- (of clothes) very loose or full
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