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refugees

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a person who flees to a foreign country or power or escape danger or persecution

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transient

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adj. passing especially quickly into and out of existence

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tawny

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adj. or a warm, sandy color

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subsonic

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adj. of, relating to, or being a speed less than that of sound in air

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pitch

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n. an often high-pressure sales presentation

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copious

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adj. plentiful in number

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smattering

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n. a small scattered number or amount

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wistful

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adj. full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy

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gentrification

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n. a process in which a poor area (as of a city) experiences an influx of middle class or wealthy people who renovate and rebuild homes and businesses and which often results in an increase in property values and the displacement of earlier, usually poorer residents.

Question 10

sporadically

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Adverb. not regularly or constantly

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partitioned

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Verb. to divide into parts or shares

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unprecedented

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Adj. having no precedent : NOVEL, UNEXAMPLED

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myopia

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Noun. a lack of foresight or discernment : a narrow view

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byword

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Noun. one that personifies a type

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voracious

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Adj. having a huge appetite

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carnal

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Adj. relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites