Words from the Reading
- inherited: passed down to you from your parents and grandparents, like eye colour or hair type
- conception: the moment an egg is fertilized inside a woman's body and a new life begins
- texture: the way something feels when you touch it, such as fine or thick hair
- shoot up: to grow taller very quickly
- stamina: the physical or mental strength that lets you keep doing something difficult
- whilst: another word for while
- puberty: the stage, at about 12 or 13, when a child's body starts becoming an adult's
- excessive: much more than is normal or needed
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