• A granule is a small round piece of something.
• Sea salt is sold in the form of granules.

62. grain [granum, grain] : 
(n) 
① a single small hard seed/ a seed or fruit of a cereal grass

• A grain of wheat, rice, or other cereal crop is a seed from it.
• Grain is a cereal crop, especially wheat or corn, that has been harvested for food.

② a minute portion or particle/ the least amount possible

• He didn't have a grain of humour.
• There is not a grain of grain of truth in what you said.

③ a unit of weight based on the weight of a grain of wheat taken as an average of the weight of grains

• One grain equals 0.0648 grams.

④ the stratification of the wood fibers in a piece of wood/나이테

• The grain in wood is the natural pattern and direction of lines on its surface.

(v) 
① to ingrain
② to form into grains; granulate

63. against the grain
① across rather than with the direction of the fibers (as of wood or meat)

• He sandpapered the wood against the grain.

② so as to annoy or trouble, or to cause anger or dislike

• His coarse and rude ways went against the grain with me.

64. to take something with a grain of salt  : to accept or believe only in part; not accept too much 

• We took his stories of the war with a grain of  salt.
• A man who says he is not a candidate for the President should usually have his statement taken with a grain of salt.

65. gram [granum, grain] : (n) 
① any of several leguminous plants (as a chick-pea) grown esp. for their seed
② a metric unit of mass and weight equal to 1/1000 kilogram and nearly equal to one cubic centimeter of water at its maximum density

66. granary [granum, grain] : a storehouse for threshed grain

• A granary is a building in which grain is stored.

67. grange [granum, grain] : (n) 
① granary; barn
② a farmhouse with outbuildings
③ Grange : one of the lodges of a national fraternal association orig. comprised of farmers

68. granulate [granum, grain < gran- + -ule, -ulus, -ula, -ulum : a suffix meaning small + -ate, a suffix of verb] : to form or crystallize into grains or granules

69. ingrain : 
(v) to work indelibly into the natural texture or mental or moral constitution
(adj) innate

• The belief that one should work hard is ingrained in our culture.

70. ingrained : (ad.) forming a part of the essence or inmost being; deep-seated

• Ingrained habits and beliefs are difficult to change.

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