reading 2018 Flashcards

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1
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it is a bunch of picked flower

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bouquet

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it is a strong feeling such as love, hate , happiness , sorrow ,or fear

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emotion

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it means to surround or form a circle around

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encircle

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it means to say or show something

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express

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it means hard to please or picky

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fussy

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they are pictures of people usually showing only the face and upper part of the body

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portraits

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it is something that shines in quick bright flashes

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sparkles

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it means to turn or spin

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whirl

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Something that it is falling or moving downward very quickly

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plunging

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It look for gold, silver or other minerals in the ground

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prospector

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To have scoffed at an idea is to have expressed ridicule or contempt toward it

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scoffed

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It is a place where people live when they first arrive in an area that is new to them

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Settlement

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It means to shrink, wrinkle or wither

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Shrivel

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They are large areas of land where people start living in a region new to them

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territories

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It means to collapse or fall

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topple

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Something that has dried up from heat or lack of moisture

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withered