Vocabulary test 13 Flashcards

1
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endurance

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The abillity to withstand stress or hardship

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2
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inundate

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  1. To flood or overflow
    2.To overrun or overwhelw
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3
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vital

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necessary for supporting life.

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4
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phenomenon

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  1. A fact or an event that can be seen or felt
  2. Something unusual and remarkable
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5
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jostled

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bumped or pushed around roughtly

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6
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hearty

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full of warmth and friendliness

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7
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emotion

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any strong felling

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8
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procrastinate

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to put off doing something, until a future time

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9
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greed

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intense and selfish desire for something, especially money, power, or food

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10
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stewardship

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the job of supervising or taking care of something

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11
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protector/guardiun

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a defender or caretakes

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12
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smog

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fog or haze conbined with smock and other atnospherepollutants

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13
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destruction

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the action or process of causing so much damage to something

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14
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advocacy

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Public support for of a particuylar cause or policy

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15
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environmentalism

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concern about and action taken to protect the environment

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16
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initiative

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the ability to assess and start things independently action

17
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redemption

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the action of regaining or saving some thing

18
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conservation

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prevention of wasteful use of resource

19
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hydrosphere

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All the water on earth including water on the surface,underground, and in the air(wathercycle)

20
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geosphere

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Circus of the Earth We’re living organisms (all life)

21
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atmosphere

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the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet

22
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biosphere

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What is on the surface of the Earth that is not leaving (crocks, mountains) forest, valley mountains, plains

23
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chain reaction

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Idea that one interaction leads to another reaction(domino reaction)

24
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stock

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Part of a company that you can buy in order to invest in it

25
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dividend

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bortions of a company’s profit that could be earned by an investor

26
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hoovervilles

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shanty village Oklahoma people named after Herbert Hoover they erupted during the Great Depression

27
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the Bust Ball

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a servere drought that plagued mosr of the midwest region of the osa and caused crops to die in the 1930s

28
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John Steinback

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An author who wrote many books and stories about life in California and Midwest during the 1930

29
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Ansel Adams

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A photographer during the Great depression that focaused on landscapes and national parks

30
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Dorthea Lange

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A photographer that spung up all over the country during the Great Depression

31
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Soup Kitchen

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Kitchens that sprung up all over the country during the great depression to prove food for those who could not effort to buy food