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Ghost Towns
Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| economic | management of the income, supplies, and expenses of a household, government, etc. |
| independence | freedom from the control, influence, support, or help of others |
| overrun | to spread over |
| scrawled | written or drawn poorly or carelessly |
| vacant | not occupied |
| mercantile | merchants or trade; commercial |
| prosperity | good fortune; success |
| tumbledown | ready to fall down; not in good condition; dilapidated |
| claim | piece of public land a settler or prospector marks out for possession |
| pay dirt | earth or rock containing enough metal to be worth mining |
| sluice | long, sloping trough through which water flows, used to wash gold from sand, dirt, or gravel |