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Jul 2023
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ZACH
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Vocabulary:


Infamous means well-known for some bad quality or deed. 


Inhabit means to live or dwell in a place.


An invasive species is an organism that is not indigenous, or native, to a particular area.


Paradoxical means having two opposite features and therefore seeming strange.


Fatal means causing death.


Cull means to reduce or control the size of something, such as a herd, by removal (as by hunting or slaughter) of especially weak or sick individuals.

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