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| outline |
a short, written plan of the main ideas of a book, speech, or report. [1/4 definitions] |
| outskirts |
the edges or outlying areas of a city or town. |
| pavilion |
one of a group of buildings that form a complex such as of a hospital or school. [1/2 definitions] |
| renaissance |
(capitalized) the revival of art, literature, and learning that began in Europe in the 1300s and lasted into the 1600s. During the Renaissance, scholars, writers, and artists took a great interest in the writings and ideas of classical culture. [1/2 definitions] |
| rice |
a grass that is usually grown in warm, wet areas of the world such as parts of India, China, and Japan. [1/2 definitions] |
| running |
directing or managing, as of a business. [1/3 definitions] |
| scorpion |
a small animal related to the spider. It has a long narrow body and a tail with a poisonous tip. Scorpions live in many warm, dry areas of the world. |
| smelt2 |
a kind of small fish that lives in freshwater and coastal marine areas of Europe and North America. Smelt are safe to eat and have a silver color. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| stuff |
(informal) things or ideas of little value. [1/7 definitions] |
| water moccasin |
a venomous snake found in swamps or wet areas of the southern United States. The water moccasin is brown or olive in color and shows the white inside of its mouth when threatened. |
| zone |
any of the five areas of the earth's surface, marked by latitude lines, and named according to the region's temperature. There are two frigid zones, two temperate zones, and one torrid zone. [1/3 definitions] |
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