Vocabulary for Success Unit 8.8 Flashcards

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(noun) a very small piece of something

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particle

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(noun) a person who argues for or supports a cause or policy; a person who works for a cause, group, or person.

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advocate

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(verb) to support or argue for (a cause, policy, etc.)

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advocate

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(adj.) having or producing a powerful and dangerous form of energy (called radiation)

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radioactive

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(noun) 1. a period of time between events: pause. 2. an amount of space in between

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interval

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(adj.) 1. polite but not friendly: only as polite as a person needs to be in order to not be rude. 2. of or relating to the people who live in a country

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civil

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(noun) 1. the state of being happy, healthy, or successful. 2. a government program for poor or unemployed people that helps pay for their food, housing, medical costs, etc.

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welfare

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(noun) a new idea, device, or method

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innovation

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(adj.) the activities of or describing a person who is not a member of the military or of a police or firefighting force

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civilian

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(adj.) of, relating to, producing, or using energy that is created when the nuclei of atoms are split apart or joined together

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nuclear