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33 Cards in this Set
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motivation
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to want to do something
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nuances
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small differences
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conclusion
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an ending or result
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concluding statement
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a finishing sentence
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evidence
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something that gives proof of or a reason to believe something
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variety
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a selection of different things
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amount
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measure; quantity
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competitor
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an organism that struggles against another organism for resources
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museum
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a building where objects that are important to history, art, or science are kept and shown to the public
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exchange
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to give something in return for something else; trade
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demonstration
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an activity that shows how something works or how it is made
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plural nouns
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words that name more than one person, place, or thing
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extinct species
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a species that has died off
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compromise
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an agreement in which two sides disagree about something in the beginning but come to agree after each side gives up something
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reply
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to give an answer
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irregular plural nouns
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plural nouns that is made by changing the noun rather than by adding an -s to the end of the noun
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endangered species
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a species that has so few members that the entire species is at risk of dying out
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mourn
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to feel great sadness over the loss of something
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possessive nouns
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nouns that show that someone or something owns or has something
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era
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a major division of time
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arrange
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to put things in a certain order
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tempted
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to try to get someone to do something that may not be wise by making it seem fun
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tradition
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the beliefs and ways of doing things that are passed down from parents to children
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fossil
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the preserved remains of an organism that lived long ago
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consumer
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a person who buys goods or services
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average
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ordinary or usual
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reservation
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an area of land given to Native Americans; a request to save something for someone
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paleontologist
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a scientist who studies fossils and forms of life that no longer exist
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savings
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an amount of money that a person saves
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depth
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the distance from top to bottom or from front to back
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constitution
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the system of laws that govern a nation, state, or other organization
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ancestor
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a species or form of a species that lived long ago and to which a modern species can be traced back
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relative
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a species that shares a common ancestor with another species
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