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The process of becoming part of a different group or culture, or absorbing information or nutrients into a system.
A government approach aimed at making a minority group adopt the customs, language, or culture of the dominant society.
To help someone do something.
A person who helps someone else with their work.
To connect one thing with another in your mind, or to spend time with a particular person or group.
Connected with something else, especially through shared membership, cause, or effect.
An organized group of people with a shared purpose, or a connection between ideas.
The repetition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words, often used to create rhythm in poetry.
To make an unpleasant feeling less intense.
To believe something is true without proof.
Something believed to be true without any proof or evidence being checked first.
The small star-shaped symbol (*) used to mark a footnote or point out an exception.
A small rocky object that orbits the sun, too small to be considered a planet.
To surprise someone so much that they can hardly believe it.
A feeling of great surprise, often because something seems almost impossible to believe.
An old scientific instrument once used by sailors and astronomers to measure the position of stars and calculate location or time.
A person who studies the positions of stars and planets, believing they influence human events and personality.
The belief that the positions of stars and planets influence human events and personality.
A person who is trained to travel and work in space.
The scientific study of stars, planets, and other objects in space.
Good at judging people or situations quickly and accurately, especially in a practical or shrewd way.
Protection given by a country to someone fleeing danger in their own country, or historically, an institution for people with mental illness.
A lack of balance or equality between two sides or parts of something.
A straight line that a curve approaches but never actually touches, no matter how far it extends.
Shows an exact point in place or time.
Used to show a minimum amount, or to point out one good thing in a bad situation.
A person who is trained in or good at sports and physical exercise.
Physically strong, fit, and good at sports, or relating to athletics.
A book of maps.
The layer of gases surrounding a planet, or the general mood or feeling of a place.
The force exerted on a surface by the weight of the air above it.
A ring-shaped coral island or string of islands surrounding a central lagoon.
The smallest unit of a chemical element that still has the properties of that element.
Relating to atoms, the tiny particles that make up all matter, or relating to nuclear energy or weapons.
To make up for having done something wrong.
One of the two upper chambers of the heart that receive blood before it passes into the ventricles.
An extremely cruel or violent act, especially one committed against a large number of people.
The gradual weakening or wasting away of a body part, usually from lack of use.
To fasten or connect one thing to another.
To succeed in achieving or reaching something, usually after effort.
To try to do something, especially something difficult.
To be present at an event, place, or gathering.
Careful notice or thought given to something.
To make something weaker, thinner, or less severe.
To confirm that something is true, often based on personal experience.
The space just under the roof of a house, often used for storage.
A settled way of thinking or feeling about something.
A person legally qualified to represent others in legal matters.