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20 Cards in this Set
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The study of plants
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Botany
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A park for viewing trees
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Arboretum
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To grow crops
To encourage the development of a friendship or an interest |
Cultivate
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Bird-of-prey claw
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Talon
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A clear container
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Terrarium
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A large birdcge
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Aviary
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A lizard that changes color
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Chameleon
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To take care of
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Nurture
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The study of animals
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Zoology
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A living thing's environment
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Habitat
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A collection of writings
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Anthology
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To describe a nonhuman thing as if it were human
To be the perfect example of a certain quality or idea |
Personify
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A wise saying
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Adage
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A fake name
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Pseudonym
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A long literary work about heroes
Grand or impressive I quality, size, or scope |
Epic
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Presented in parts
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Serialized
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Repetition of sounds, usually at the beginnings of word
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Alliteration
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Overly emotional
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Melodramatic
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Exaggeration
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Hyperbole
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An indirect mention of something
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Allusion
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