TOG Year 1 Wk 1 - UG with images
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- land capable of yielding crops when cultivated
- arable
- extremely dry or parched, esp. as land which has received little or no rainfall
- arid
- the act of making (land or soil) fit for growing plants, as by plowing or adding nutrients
- cultivation
- in the direction that a stream or current is flowing
- downstream
- the money or other property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
- dowry
- to lose or surrender (something) because of misconduct or neglect
- forfeit
- a person who acts as a guardian, supporter, or sponsor, as of an artist or an artistic group or institution
- patron
- one who manages or supervises money or property belonging to another or others; agent
- steward
- toward or near the origin of a stream or river; against the current
- upstream
- to make accustomed to domestic life
- domestication
- to mix by pressing, folding, and pulling, esp. with the hands
- knead
- a receptacle at the entry to a sewer designed to trap any matter that might block drainage
- catch-basin
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a large wide-mouthed conical net that is dragged along the bottom of the sea to catch deep-water fish - trawl
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a very large, bulky, nearly hairless plant-eating African mammal that lives mostly in and close to water - hippopotamus
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fine sediment deposited by water, as of earth, clay, or sand - silt
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a river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream, or into a lake - tributary
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a high, usually cylindrical structure used to store grain - grain silo
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a person who plays a large musical instrument that consists of an upright triangular frame fitted with strings of graduated lengths, played by plucking with the fingers - harper
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any of several iron oxides mixed with clay or sand, ranging in color from pale yellow to reddish brown, and used as pigments - ochre
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a powdered substance used esp. by women in some Eastern countries as eye makeup - kohl
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a wreath, chain, or string made to be worn for celebration or decoration, esp. one made of flowers, leaves, vines, or the like - garland
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any of various flowering plants that live in the water, including some waterlilies - lotus
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of or concerning a type of writing, esp. one used by the ancient Egyptians, that uses pictorial symbols to represent words or sounds - hieroglyphics