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Used to show that something is possible.
To move from one place to another, especially to live or breed somewhere else, often seasonally.
The movement of people or animals from one place to another, often seasonally or in search of better conditions.
The regular route, timing, or behaviour that a group of animals or people follows when moving between places.
Not extreme or severe, especially describing weather, taste, or illness.
A unit of distance equal to about 1.6 kilometers.
An important event or stage marking progress in something, or a stone marker showing distance along a road.
The social environment or surroundings in which someone lives or a particular event occurs.
A belief or policy that a country should maintain strong military capability and be ready to use it aggressively.
Relating to soldiers, armies, or armed forces.
A group of ordinary citizens trained to fight, used to support or replace a regular army.
A white liquid produced by cows and other mammals, often used as food or drink.
A sweet, cold drink made by blending milk with ice cream or flavored syrup.
Relating to the generation born roughly between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s, or, more literally, relating to a thousand-year period.
A period of one thousand years.
The number 1,000,000.
To copy the way someone else speaks, moves, or behaves, often closely.
The act of copying the appearance, sound, or behavior of someone or something else, often as a survival strategy in nature.
The part of a person that thinks, feels, and remembers.
Used to show that something belongs to the speaker.
A natural, non-living substance found in the earth, such as gold or salt.
A natural buildup of a valuable mineral in the ground, often large enough to be worth mining.
Naturally occurring minerals in the ground that can be mined and used for economic purposes.
Natural substances found in the earth, such as metals or salts.
To reduce something to the smallest possible amount, or to make something seem less important than it is.
The smallest amount or level that is possible or allowed.
A senior member of a government responsible for a particular department, or a religious leader.
Small or not very serious or important, especially compared with something else.
The smaller part of a group, or a group that differs from the larger majority in race, religion, or another way.
A plant with fresh smelling leaves used to flavor food and drinks, or a small candy with that flavor.
Reduced by, used especially when subtracting one number from another.
A unit of time equal to sixty seconds.
An event that seems impossible to explain by natural or scientific laws, often seen as an act of a divine power, or, more loosely, a wonderful and unexpected event.
A piece of glass with a shiny backing that reflects an image.
A belief that is based on wrong information or a misunderstanding of how something actually works.
Very unhappy or in a state of great discomfort.
To fail to hit, catch, or reach something, or to feel sad because someone isn't with you.
Not in the expected place; lost or absent.
An important task or job that a person or group is sent to do.
A thin cloud of tiny water droplets floating close to the ground, making it hard to see far.
An action or decision that is not correct.
To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
Action taken to reduce the severity, seriousness, or harm of something.
The structures inside cells that produce most of the energy a cell needs to function.
The process by which a single cell divides to produce two identical new cells.
A piece of clothing worn on the hand that covers the thumb separately but keeps the other fingers together.
Warm coverings for the hands that hold the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
To combine two or more things together so they blend into one.