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Vocabulary (Sources found below)
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
*The American Heritage Dictionary: College Edition

Agriculture (noun): the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products

Biologist (noun): one that studies the branch of knowledge that deals with living organisms and vital processes

Composer (noun): one that composes; especially: a person who writes music

Employee (noun): one employed by another usually for wages or salary and in a position below the executive level

Employer (noun): one who provides an employee with a job that pays wages or a salary

Hatchery (noun): a place for hatching eggs (as of poultry or fish)

Interstate (noun): any of a system of expressways connecting most major U.S. cities -- called also interstate highway

Monument (noun): memorial stone or a building erected in remembrance of a person or event

*Recreation (noun): refreshment of one’s mind or body after work through some activity that amuses or stimulates; play

Reservation: (noun) a tract of land set apart by the federal government for a special purpose, especially one for the use of a Native American people

Sculptor (noun) an artist who makes three-dimensional work of art (as a statue)

Tourism (noun): the practice of traveling for recreation

Vacation (noun): a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation

 

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