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resistance
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the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding
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enterprise
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a project undertaken or to be undertaken, esp. one that is important or difficult or that requires boldness or energy
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dykes
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an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river
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marsh
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a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
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fallow
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of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
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silt
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earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment
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canal
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an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation
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polder
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a tract of low land, esp. in the Netherlands, reclaimed from the sea or other body of water and protected by dikes
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Boers
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A Dutch colonist or descendant of a Dutch colonist in South Africa.
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province
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an administrative division or unit of a country
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emigrant
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a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region
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genre
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a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like
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binder
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a vehicle in which pigment is suspended.
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pigment
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a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
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rhetoric
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the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech.
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