Vocabulary test 5 Flashcards

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amateur

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a person who does something for pleasure not for pay

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rebellion

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a show of opposition to a from of authority

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appease

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to make calmer by giving in to demands

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partial

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not complete or unfair favor to one side

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knoll

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a small rounded hill

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tolerate

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to put up with something

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gratify

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to give pleasure

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impartial

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not favoring one over the other

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parentheses

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a pair of symbols use to set apart

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grouping

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of addends or factors does not effect the answer

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factors

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a whole number that divides another whole number without remainder

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leap year

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a year with 366 days

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common year

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a year with 365 days

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decade

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period of 10 years

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century

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period of 100 years

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millenium

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period of 1000

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multiples

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a product of a counting number and another number

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scale

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a number line for measuring temperature

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19
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Fahrenheit

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a common scale

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Celsius

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a scale that is a centigrade scale

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am

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the 12 hours before noon

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pm

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the 12 hours after noon

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plot

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a story line of a fiction story

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exposition

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beginning of a story introduces characters

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rising action

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events leading up to the problem or climax of the story

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climax

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the big event

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falling action

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the parts of the story where a problem begins to be fixed

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resolution

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how the story is resolved

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plot mountain

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the story line of a narrative story

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setting

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where the story takes place

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character

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people in the story

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character traits

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physical mental and real traits about a character

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matter

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something with volume and mass

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mass

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measurement of how much is contained

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atom

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tiny particle you can not see

36
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mosaic

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piece of art made up of small pieces put together

37
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solid

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little movement

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liquid

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slow movement

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gas

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fast movement

40
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economics

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how people use natural resources

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manufacturing

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business of using raw materials to make products or goods to sell

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agriculture

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the business of growing crops and raising livestock

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tourism

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the business of encouring people to travel for fun

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research and development

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the process companies use to gain new knowledge to make or improve goods and servies

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information technology

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the study and development of computers systems to store retrieve and send information

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interdependence

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the systems of getting goods to consumers