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Reading Flashcards

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Wilderness

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An uncultivated, uninhabitable, and inhospitable region.

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Natural resource

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Natural assets (raw materials) occurring in nature that can be used for economic production or consumption

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Unspoiled

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Not spoiled, in particular (of a place) not marred by development

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Refuge

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Something providing shelter

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Advocate

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A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy

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Iconic

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Widely known and acknowledged especially for distinctive excellence

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Exploit

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To make use of meanly or unfairly for one’s own advantage

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Legacy

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Property (as money) left to a person by a will. 2 : something (as memories or knowledge) that comes from the past or a person of the past

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Conservation

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A careful preservation and protection of something

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Radical

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Very different from the usual or traditional

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