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| Noun | a word that is the name of something (as a person, animal, place, thing, quality, idea, or action)
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| Verb | a word that expresses an act, occurrence, or state of being, an action word
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| Adjective | a word that modifies a noun by describing what it is like
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| Adverb | a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb
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| Pronoun | a word that is used as a substitute for a noun
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| Conjunction | a word or expression that joins together sentences, clauses, phrases, or words
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| Figurative language | Words that are used in ways that aren’t purely literal
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| Personification | Describing something not human by giving it human characteristics
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| Simile | a comparison that isn't literal and uses like or as
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| Metaphor | a non-literal comparison that doesn't use like or as.
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| axis | straight line around which something rotates
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| fragrant | sweet-smelling
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| teeming | filled to overflowing
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| accomplice | assistant to a crime
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| arc | curved path
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| ebb | to decrease in force or level
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| impulse | sudden act
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| indefinitely | for an unlimited time
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| ponderous | of great weight
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| pry | to pull by using a lever
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| Implore | To beg
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| Climate | Typical weather of a region
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| Humid | Damp; with a relatively high level of moisture in the air
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| Temperate | Without extremes, has a range of temperatures within moderate limits
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| Frigid | Very cold
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| Tundra | The level or nearly level treeless plain between the ice cap and the timber line of North America, Europe, and Asia that has permanently frozen subsoil
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| Steppe | An extensive, usually treeless plain, often dry and grass-covered
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| Savanna | A flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region
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| Marine | Relating to, found in, or living in the sea
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| Tropical | Very hot and often combined with a high degree of humidity
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| Biome | A division of the world's vegetation that corresponds to a defined climate and is characterized by specific types of plants and animals
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| Objective | Something worked toward or striven for; a goal.
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| Rubric | A tool to assess work describing different levels of performance.
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| Evaluation | Examining and carefully judging something
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| Assessment | An activity that shows what you know and can do.
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| Geography | Geography is the study of the earth in all its variety—human and natural—focusing on how locations affect all other aspects of a place.
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| Standard | A degree or level of requirement, excellence, or attainment
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| Strategy | A way of doing something difficult
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| Percent | Out of each hundred, per hundred
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| Grammar | Rules of language and how words and punctuation combine to form sentences.
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| Punctuation | The standard marks and signs, besides letters, in writing and printing
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| canyon | a deep and narrow valley with steep walls
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| cape | a point of land that extends into a river, lake or ocean
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| lake | a sizable inland body of water
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| mesa | broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau
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| mountain | land with steep sides that rises sharply (1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill
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| basin | an area of land drained by a given river and its branches; an area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations
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| ocean | one of the 4 major bodies of salt water that surround the continents
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| pastor | a minister or priest in charge of a church or parish
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| imams | Muslim religious leaders
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| priest | Christian religious leader
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| mouth (of a river) | a place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water
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| bay | the part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf
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| source (of a river) | a place where a river or stream begins, often in highlands
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| strait | a narrow stretch of water joining 2 larger bodies of water
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| Tributary | a small river or stream that flows into a large river or stream; a branch of the river
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| gulf | part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay
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| peninsula | a body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on 3 sides by water
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| hill | elevated land with sloping sides and a rounded summit; generally smaller than a mountain
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| island | a land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water
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| isthmus | a narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas
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| extravagant | excessive, going beyond reasonable bounds
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| tangible | able to be touched or felt
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| leaden | heavy and sad
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| sullen | gloomy, sad, in a bad mood
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| timorous | Scared, reluctant
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| moderation | Not going to extremes.
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| Discrete data | Information with only a finite or specific number of values possible
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| Continuous data | Information with an infinite or unlimited number of values possible
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| compare | tell the differences and similarities
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| contrast | tell the differences
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| Trace | Outline, List in Steps
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| Analyze | Break apart, Study the Pieces
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| Infer | A Good Guess, Read Between the Lines
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| Evaluate | Judge, In Your Own Words
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| Formulate | Put Together, Create
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| Describe | Tell All About
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| Support | Give the Facts, Back Up With Details
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| Explain | Tell How, Put in Your Own Words
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| Summarize | Sum It Up, Give Me the Short Version
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| Predict | Make a Guess, What Will Happen Next
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| Primly | stiffly; daintily
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| recede | to move backward; to withdraw
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| rueful | sad
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| venture | bold or risky act
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| anguish | extreme pain or sorrow
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| helter-skelter | without order; messy
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| Immense | very large
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| Melancholy | Depressed
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| Pickle | difficult situation
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| Exotic | strikingly unusual in appearance or taste
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| Dread | looked upon with great fear or nervousness
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| Outbreak | The sudden or violent start of something unwelcomed
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| Malady | any disorder or disease of the body
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| Monitor | observe and check the progress of something over a period of time;
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| Immunity | the state of being protected from a particular disease.
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| Scar | To leave a permanent mark on someone’s skin as the result of an injury
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| Primary | first or highest in importance
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| Convalesce | recover one's health and strength over a period of time after an illness or operation.
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| Contender | the contestant you hope to defeat.
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