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Poultice
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A warm moist preparation placed on an aching or inflamed part of the body to ease pain, improve circulation, or hasten the expression of pus.
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Indigent:
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Lacking the necessities of life, such as food, clothing, and shelter.
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Estuary
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The wide lower course of a river where the tide flows in, causing fresh and salt water to mix.
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Stalwart
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Dependable and loyal.
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Judicious
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Showing wisdom, good sense, or discretion, often with the underlying aim of avoiding trouble or waste.
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Suppliant
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Expressing a humble but heart-felt appeal to somebody who has the power to grant a request.
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Adoration
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great love and esteem
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Disparage
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To refer disapprovingly to somebody or something.
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Subjugation:
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The act or process of bringing somebody, especially a people or nation, under the control of another, for example, by military conquest.
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Speculative:
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Based on conjecture or incomplete information.
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Petulant
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: Ill-tempered or sulky in a peevish manner.
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Collusion
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: Secret cooperation between people in order to do something illegal or underhanded.
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Lethargy:
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: Lack of energy, activity, or enthusiasm.
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Edifice:
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A building, especially a large or impressive one.
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Furtive:
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Done in a way that is intended to escape notice.
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Bulwark:
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A wall-like structure built to keep out attackers.
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Covert:
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Not intended to be known, seen, or found out.
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Monotonous:
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Uninteresting or boring as a result of being repetitive and unvaried.
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Monolithic:
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Consisting of or formed into a tall column of solid stone.
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Germane:
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Suitably related to something, especially something being discussed.
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Hummock:
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A small hill or mound.
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Atoms
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basic building blocks of life
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Elements
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substance that is only made up of 1 atom
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Compounds
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Two or more kinds of atoms are combinded in definite proportions
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Nucleus
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a small central part of an atom
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Protons
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small unit of mass that has positive electric charge
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Neutrons
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Small unit of mass that has a neutral charge
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Electrons
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One unit of negative electric charge
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Atomic number
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Tells how many units of positive charge are in the nucleus.
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Molecule
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Two or more atoms are combined and act as a single particle
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Chemical bond
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sharing of electrons by two atoms crate a force of attraction that holds the atoms together
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Covalent bond
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when a chemical bond is formed by the sharing of electrons
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Diatomic molecule
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a two-atom molecule
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Ionic bond
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Particles with opposite charges attract each other.
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Chemical formula-
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Atoms combined in definite proportions.
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Structural formula
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Is the number and kind of atoms in a molecule but also how the atoms are bonded to one another
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Reactants
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The substances that were present before the reaction started
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Products
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The new substances produced by the reaction
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Law of conservation of mass-
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Mass can be neither created nor destroyed
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Base
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a compound that produces hydroxide ions when dissolved in water
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Neutralization
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Process of reacting an acid base to produce a neutral solution .
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