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Benchmark U7 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Advances | To make progress with something. |
| Communities | Groups that live together or who have things in common. |
| Expansion | Something is growing larger, or expanding. |
| Devastating | Causing terrible pain or destruction. |
| Impact | The effect of a person, event, or idea. |
| Settle | To establish a place to stay. |
| Grueling | A task that is extremely difficult and exhausting. |
| Tycoon | Businesspeople who make a lot of money. |
| Incentive | A reward or a reason to do something. |
| Transcontinental | Stretching across a whole continent (a huge landmass). |
| Isolated | Kept away from other people or things. |
| Recruiting | Gathering or hiring people for a job. |
| Set a Record | Doing something nobody has ever done before. |
| Testifying | Telling what you know, usually under oath in a court of law. |
| Roamed | To move or travel freely |
| Plentiful | When there is more than enough of something |
| Descendants | People's grandchildren and great grandchildren. |
| Devastating | Terribly harmful. |