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stratosphere
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the layer of the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere and below the mesophere
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biosphere
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where life can exist
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hemisphere
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half of a sphere
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spherical
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shaped like a sphere; globular
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divert
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cause to change course or turn from one direction to another
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perverse
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corrupt; improper; behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable often in spite of the consequences
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avert
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to turn away or aside; avoid
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versatile
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able to adapt to many different functions or activities; changeable, inconstant
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amorphous
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without a clearly defined shape or form
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anthromorphic
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having human characteristics
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metamorphosis
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a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means
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morphology
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the study of the form of things, branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms
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