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SHADOWS
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English
9th Grade
05/29/2014

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SHADOW
Definition
an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object.
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OBSTRUCTION
Definition
something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
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LIGHT
Definition
electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye, and is responsible for the sense of sight.
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AREA
Definition
the quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape, or planar lamina, in the plane.
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REGENERATION
Definition
the process of renewal, restoration, and growth that makes genomes, cells, organisms, and ecosystems resilient to natural fluctuations or events that cause disturbance or damage.
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REBUILD
Definition
to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts.
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RELIEVE
Definition
to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
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REHABILITATE
Definition
to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
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GREENERY
Definition
green foliage or vegetation; verdure.
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DEAD
Definition
no longer living; deprived of life.
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ALIVE
Definition
having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.
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MOVEMENT
Definition
the act, process, or result of moving.
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IMMAGRATION
Definition
the movement of people into another country or region to which they are not native in order to settle there,[1] especially permanently.
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TERRORISM
Definition
violent acts that are intended to create fear (terror).
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ELECTRICITY
Definition
the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and flow of electric charge.
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MIGRATION
Definition
The act of moving from one place to another.
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DIGEST
Definition
to break down.
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CREATE
Definition
to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
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BAKE
Definition
a food cooking method that uses prolonged dry heat by convection, rather than by thermal radiation, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones.
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FLOAT
Definition
to hover or be above ground for more than 1 minute.
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HOVER
Definition
to hang fluttering or suspended in the air.
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GLIDE
Definition
to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
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TAILWHIP
Definition
a bike trick typically performed on a BMX, in which the frame of the bike performs a complete rotation around the front end (bars and forks), which remains stationary throughout the move.
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WHIP
Definition
a tool traditionally used by humans to exert control over animals or other people, through pain compliance or fear of pain, although in some activities whips can be used without use of pain, such as an additional pressure aid in dressage.
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BELT
Definition
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
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CROSSBOW
Definition
a type of bow consisting of a horizontal limb assembly mounted on a stock that shoots projectiles, called bolts or quarrels. The medieval crossbow was called by many names, most of which derived from the word ballista, a torsion engine resembling a crossbow in appearance.
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