1. By Kelly Lindsay Pd 6 – Mrs Briggs

2. Dictionary Definition: to chew Synonyms: crush, chew, gnash Antonym: sucking Origin: Late Latin/Greek Stem: Mas-ti-ca-tion Part of Speech: noun

3. Word Families: Masticable, masticate, masticator, remasticate Student Example: To eat food without mastication would be awful on ones stomach. Sentence in Text: Pg 6 – ‘Animals have secretions in their stomach which enable them to digest food without mastication, but human beings are supposed to chew their food before they swallow it.’

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