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  1. ELA
    an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States
    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1
  2. textual
    relating to or based on writing
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  3. summarize
    briefly present the main points of something
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  4. literacy
    the ability to read and write
    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1
  5. interact
    do something together or with others
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  6. analyze
    break down into components or essential features
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  7. explicitly
    in a clearly expressed manner
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  8. cite
    make reference to
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  9. text
    the words of something written
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  10. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
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  11. determine
    find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry
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  12. logical
    based on known statements or events or conditions
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  13. supporting
    the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
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  14. theme
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
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  15. specific
    stated explicitly or in detail
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  16. develop
    progress or evolve through a process of natural growth
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  17. detail
    a small part considered separately from the whole
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  18. idea
    the content of cognition
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  19. support
    the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
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  20. key
    metal device that allows a lock's mechanism to be rotated
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  21. conclusion
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
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  22. details
    true confidential information
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  23. closely
    in a close relation or position in time or space
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  24. event
    something that happens at a given place and time
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  25. development
    a process in which something passes to a different stage
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  26. central
    in or near an inner area
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  27. individual
    being or characteristic of a single thing or person
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  28. drawn
    showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
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  29. writing
    symbols imprinted on a surface to represent sounds or words
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  30. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
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  31. speaking
    capable of or involving speech or speaking
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  32. write
    name the letters that comprise the accepted form of
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  33. speak
    use language
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  34. read
    look at and say out loud something written or printed
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  35. course
    a connected series of events or actions or developments
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  36. why
    the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
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  37. say
    utter aloud
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  38. make
    perform or carry out
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  39. over
    beyond the top or upper surface or edge
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Created on Tue Apr 30 14:51:02 EDT 2013

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