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to carry the weight of something, bones

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Support

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To be carried or sent away from a country, Banish

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Deport

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a separate part of a society or group’s area

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Sector

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to feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit

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dejected

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to cut across something

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transect

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surgery on live animals

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vivisection

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the route over which boats and supplies are carried overland from a lake

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Portage

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a word thrown into a sentence or conversation, mom at supper

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interjection

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to throw something because it is defective

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reject

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what is written down as someone speaks it (taking notes)

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dictation

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to throw out

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eject

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the manner in which something is expressed in words

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diction

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something stands in ones way or an obstacle (golf ball rock leaves in a hazard)

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impediment

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public word issued by an official that explains a law or command

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edict

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the decision a jury makes in a trial

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verdict

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a leader who speaks and rules with total power

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dictator

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handcuffs

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manacles

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to set free, to lend a hand in freeing,to release from someones hands

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emancipate

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a person who has an upper hand, a person who is in charge of someone or something

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Manager

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an order or command placed in ones hands

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mandate

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the act of looking into one’s own thoughts and feelings

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introspective

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to make by hand or machine and change raw materials into a new product

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manufacture

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a four footed creature

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quadruped

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a person who goes door to door on foot selling goods

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peddler

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to look carefully in search of flaws

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inspect

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something is paid for the public to see

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spectacle

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to look at and think about something from a different points of view

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speculate

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carefully look at all possibilities before acting, cautious, aware of consequences

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circumspect