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40 Cards in this Set
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burgeoning
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to flourish
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embittering
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to make bitter
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demography
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the science of vital and social statistics
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dissemination
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spread
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"Green Revolution"
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large increase in crop production in developing countries
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harbinger
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foreshadow
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GNI
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gross national increase
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emigration
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leaves country to migrate
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swath
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piece
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stagnant
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inactive
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ZPG
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zero population growth
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populous
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full of residents
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fraught
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filled
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imposition
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forced
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inroads
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hostile action
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draconian
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cruel
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strictures
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remark
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sterilization
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to make barren
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sclerotic
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hardened
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datum
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single piece of info
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conurbation
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extensive urban area
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coalesce
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to unite/blend
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inexorable
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unyielding
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sparsely
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thinly
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partitioned
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division/seperation
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indoctrination
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to enforce a certain principle
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endemic
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natural to a certain place
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homogenize
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to make uniform
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clout
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painful blow
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covet
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desire wrongfully
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exemplification
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to illustrate by example
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jurisdiction
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administer justice
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imperiled
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to put in danger
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penury
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scarcity/poverty
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salient
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prominent
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censure
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disapproval/criticize
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reiterated
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to repeat again and again
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exhorting
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to urge/advise
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stagnation
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to stop/cease to flow
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allegations
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assertions without proof
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