vocab test 13 Flashcards

(30 cards)

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Endurance

A

the ability to withstand stress or hardship

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Inundate

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1.To flood or overflow 2. to overrun or overwhelm

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3
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Vital

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The things necessary for life

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4
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Phenomenon

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A fact or event that can be seen or felt, thing unusual or strange

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5
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Jostled

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Bumped or pushed around roughly

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6
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Hearty

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full of warmth and friendliness

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7
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emotion

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Any strong feeling

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8
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Procrastinate

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to put off doing something until a later time

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9
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Greed

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Intense selfish desire for something especially money, power or food

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10
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Stewardship

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The job or a supervising or taking care of something like the environment

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Protector/guardian

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A Defender or a caretaker

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12
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smog

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fog or Haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants

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13
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Destruction

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The action of the process of destroying , causing so much damage to something that it cannot be repaired

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14
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Advocacy

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Look support for commendation of a particular cause or policy

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15
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Environmentalism

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Concern about and action taken to protect the environment

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16
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initiative

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The ability to assess and start things in an independent action

17
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Redemption

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The action of regaining or saving something

18
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Conservation

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Prevention of wasteful use of resources

19
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Hydrosphere

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All of the water on Earth including water on the surface, underground and in the water cycle

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Geosphere

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What is on the surface of the Earth that is not living. rocks, mountains, deserts, Forest, and plains

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Atmosphere

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The envelope of gases surrounding the Earth and or another plant

22
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Biosphere

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Surface of the Earth with living organisms

23
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Chain Reaction

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Idea one interaction that leads to another reaction, Domino effects

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Stock

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Part of a company that you can buy in order to invest in it

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Dividend
portions of company profits that can be earned by an investor
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Hoovervilles
shanty Villages of homeless people named after whoever Hoover
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Dust Bowl
Your job that plauged the West Regions and caused crops to die
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John Steinbeck
And author who wrote many books about lives in California in Midwest during 1930s
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Ansel Adams
A photographer in the Great Depression that focused on landscapes
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Soup kitchens
Kitchens that sprung up over the country during the Great Depression to provide food for the homeless people that cannot afford food