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Persevere

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to continue doing something even though it is difficult

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Distinguish

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To notice a difference between people or things

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Pioneer

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A person who is one of the first to do something

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Engineer

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A person who designs, builds, or maintains something

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Segregation

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Keeping different groups separate from each other

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Levied

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To force a fee or cost

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Imposed

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To force something

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Deprived

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Not getting enough of something

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Efficient

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Doing something without wasting time

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Manufactured

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To make something

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Sophisticated

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Highly advanced

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Refined

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To remove unwanted things

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Simulate

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To copy or imitate

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(to) Stall

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To stop

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Maneuver

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To move carefully

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Qualified

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To be trained for something

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Recruiter

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Someone who gathers people or things for something

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Analytical

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Someone who carefully looks over something

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Eager

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Excited for something

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Heaved

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To lift something with a lot of effort

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Sopping

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soaked, filled with water

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Valedictorian

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Someone who graduates high school with the best grades out of anyone else

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The Depression

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When many people were out of work, hungry, or homeless.

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Annum

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every year

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Bustling
full of activity and movement
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Emerged
come into view
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Patriotism
intense loyalty for your country
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Thriving
to grow strong and healthy
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Comply
follow the rules
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circulated
move through something
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commuting
traveling from one place to another
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Jostling
bump against other people as you walk through
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Creed
a set of beliefs
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Oppression
unfair treatment for a long time
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Indignities
a treatment that makes others feel shame
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Heaped
a lot of something
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Abiding
following the rules
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Perpetrate
to commit a crime
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Prejudices
a judgement with no reason that causes harm
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Remote
far from other people
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Desolation
empty and lonely
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Exclusive
only for a certain group or person
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Designated
to give someone a job or something to do
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Crisply
to say something firmly
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Subtle
doing something without being noticed
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Tolerate
put up with someone or something
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Grazing
to barely touch or touch the top of something
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Empowered
to feel powerful
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Predominately
main idea or overall
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Patrolled
to keep watch
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Progressive
open to new ideas
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Urged
to want to do something or get someone to do something
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Scandal
doing something that is wrong
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Notions
a belief or idea about something
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Inferior
lower than someone else. ex: king vs. slave
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Ambitious
strong want and determination to do something
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Defiance
to not follow the rules or be a rebel
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Waltzed
to do something smoothly and easily
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Defeat
To lose
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Peculiar
Interesting
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Rumpled
To be wrinkled
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Crash course
To learn something very quickly and very little time
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Modify
To change something to make it better
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Tweaked
to make a very small change
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Contribution
to be a part of something
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Precision
to be exact, like hitting a bullseye on a target
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Morale
the amount of confidence someone has
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Discourage
causing someone to lose confidence or keep them from doing something
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Sprawled
spread out
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Layoff
to fire someone from their job
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Demolish
to destroy and get rid of
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Pry
get up in someone's business

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