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Amer. Cultural Roots
Academic Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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arid | very dry; having little rain or water |
cultivate | to grow and care for plants |
deplete | to reduce the amount of something or make it worse |
nomads | people who move from place to place |
commerce | having to do with the buying and selling of goods and services |
confiscate | to take away something as punishment |
intervene | to influence an event |
supplant | to take the place of someone or something |
adhere | to follow rules closely or stick firmly to a belief |
subsist | to do enough to just barely survive |
alluring | having a mysterious, charming, or exciting quality |
heretic | someone who disagrees with an accepted religious belief |
incentive | a reward that encourages people to do something or to work harder |
massacre | to kill a lot of people in a violent way, especially when they cannot defend themselves |