Reading Passages Flashcards

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Dwelling

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A house or place to live in.

Habitation

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Likely

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Probably

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Skull

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The bones of the head.

Cranium

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Hive

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The structure where bees live

The same thing beehive

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Straight

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Consecutive, not curving

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Forager

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To go from place to place searching especially food

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Skeptical

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Doubting that something is true or useful

Unfaithful

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Indeed

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Really or certainly, often used to emphasize something

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Waggle

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To move quickly up and down

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Angle

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Space between lines.

I love math but I hate calculate angles

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Shell

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Covering

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Tissue

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Cells

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Retain

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To keep or continue

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Harvest

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The time of the year when crops are cut and collected from the fields

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Cod

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Type of a fish, famous in Portugal

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Swelling

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A part of a body that has become bigger because of injury

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Buried

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To put a dead body into the ground

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Peanut

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I love Japanese peanut

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Tough

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Not easily broken, strong

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Slash

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Reduce, cut, decrease

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Edible

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Safe for eating

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Suitable

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Acceptable or right for someone

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Cuisine

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A style of cooking. French cuisine

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Loosely

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Not fixed, in a way that is not firmly fixed

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Slap
Beat, to hit someone
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Labeled
Classified
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Packed
Completely full. This book is packed with useful information.
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Starvation
The state of having not food for long period, often causing death
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Assemble
Join, put together. Gather
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Range
A set of similar things
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Undertake
To do something, especially something that will take a long time or be difficult
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Accountable
Someone who is responsible for why he does
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Reward
Something given in exchange for good behavior or good work
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Entail
To make something necessary | Occasion, attach
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Insight
The ability to have a clear understanding of a complicated problem
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Warn
To make someone realize a possible danger or problem. | Advise
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Ownership
The fact that you own something