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65 Cards in this Set
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Culture
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the way of life including customs and beliefs of a particular group of people
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Origin
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the beginning or cause of something
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Select
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to choose someone or something
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Discrimination
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when people are treated badly because of their sex/race/religion
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Identity
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who someone is
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Natural
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expected and usual
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Period
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a fixed time during the life of a person or in history
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Consider
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to spend time thinking about a decision
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Factor
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a fact or situation that influences a result
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Related to
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to be connected to or to be about someone or something
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Occur
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to happen
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Increase
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when the number/size/amount of something gets bigger
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Population
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the number of people living in a particular place
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Convenient
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easy to use or helpful
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Global
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relating to the whole world
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Instead of
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in the place of someone or something else
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Percentage
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an amount of something often stated as a number out of 100
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Error
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a mistake- especially one that can cause problems
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Final
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last in a series or coming at the end of something
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Observe
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to watch someone or something carefully
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adult
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an animal that is fully grown; a human who is 18 years or older
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breathe
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to take air in and out of your body
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concentrate
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to think very carefully about something you are doing
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development
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when someone or something grows or changes and becomes more advanced
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dream
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a series of events and images that happen in your mind while you are sleeping
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muscle
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the part of the body that makes you move
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normal
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usual and expected
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paralyzed
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not able to move all or part of your body
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pattern
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the particular way that something occurs
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restore
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to make something the way it was earlier
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stage
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a specific period during an activity
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strange
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very unusual
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variation
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something that is slightly different from the usual form
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ability
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the physical or mental skill that you need to do something
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at least
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as much as
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comfortable
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relaxed and having no pain
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compare
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to examine the ways in which two people or things are different or similar
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consequence
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the result (often bad result) of a situation or activity
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essential
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very very important
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fall asleep
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to begin to sleep
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judgment
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the ability to make decisions
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memory
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the ability to remember
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mental
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related to thinking and to the brain
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nap
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a short term period of sleep during the day
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realize
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to come to understand it
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stress
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great concern and worry about a difficult situation
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sufficient
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as much as is necessary
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survey
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a type of research that asks people for their ideas and opinions
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unfortunate
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used to show that you wish something was not true or had not happened
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adjust
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to change something a little so that it works better in a new situation
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affect
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to cause something to change
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alert
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awake and having enough energy to understand and learn
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alter
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to make something change
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blind
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not able to see
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complain
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to say that you don't like something
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confusion
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when a person doesn't understand what is happening or doesn't know what to do
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disturb
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to interrupt what someone is doing by making noise or annoying them
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exhausted
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very tired
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habit
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and action you do over and over again often without really thinking about it
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mood
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the way you feel at a certain time
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permanent
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going on forever
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plant
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a large factory
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tiny
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very small
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typical
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having all the qualities you expect a particular person/group/object/place to have
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zone
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an area where a particular thing happens
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