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• war zone an area marked by extreme violence
• landscape a view of the countryside
• wilderness a large, wild area of land covered
  with dense vegetation or forests
• eerie mysterious, unexplainable fear, dread, or
  uneasiness

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• seaport a harbor or town having facilities for
  seagoing ships
• village a small group of dwellings in a rural
  area
• jeer to speak or shout at with scoffing to mock

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• immigration the act of coming to a foreign
  country in order to settle there
• radiators devices for heating rooms or
  buildings, consisting of pipes containing hot
  water

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• dreariness extreme dullness lacking spirit or
  interest

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• satchel a small bag, often having a shoulder
  strap, used for carrying books or clothing

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• province a territory governed as a unit of a
  country or empire
• cultivate to improve and prepare land for
  raising crops
• pagodas a religious building of the Far East,
  built as a memorial or shrine
• outcrop part of a rock formation that sticks
  out of the earth
• invincible not able to be overcome or defeated

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• dialect a form of a language spoken in a
  particular geographical area
• ravine a deep, narrow steep-sided valley worn by
  a stream

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• wince to draw back slightly, as if in sudden pain

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• fluent able to express oneself readily and
  effortlessly

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• virtuous having or showing moral excellence

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• refugee one who flees in search of a safe place,
  as in times of war, political oppression, or
  religious persecution
• clarity clearness of appearance

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• stream bed the channel through which a natural
  stream of water runs or used to run
• ridge a long, narrow chain of hills or mountains
• crevice a narrow crack or gap in rock
• Scorched Earth Policy a military tactic that
  involves destroying anything that might be useful
  to the enemy while advancing through or
  withdrawing from an area
• elaborate (adjective) intricate and rich in
  detail

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• consolidate to combine

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• fatigue extreme mental or physical tiredness

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• ominously threatening or foreshadowing evil or
  tragedy

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• piecework work done by the piece and paid for at
  a set rate per unit