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jazz | 0simple | 0 | The Grammy Award-winning jazz singer and bassist said the variety of musicians who have performed at the White House conveys a message of inclusion at what the Obamas have long touted as the `` People 's House . '' | 3 |
Elemental | 0simple | 0 | The I am Elemental line of female action figures features a character named Industry who can `` repair anything that is broken . '' | 3 |
negotiated | 1complex | 4 | `` For the first time in history , states recommended by consensus that an international treaty be negotiated to address the urgent crisis of biodiversity loss on the high seas , '' says Daniela Diz , a marine policy expert at WWF -LRB- World Wildlife Fund -RRB- , who sat in on the consultations , `` It 's an important... | 17 |
match | 0simple | 0 | The resulting screaming match caused an unscheduled landing in Jacksonville , Florida , the third diversion in nine days caused by passenger fights over shrinking legroom . | 3 |
buy | 0simple | 0 | He left only once , to buy food . | 6 |
wet | 0simple | 0 | They fall off curbs and bridges into wet cement and creek beds . | 7 |
fever | 0simple | 0 | The city of 8.3 million people got its first test last week when a doctor who had been treating Ebola patients in the West African nation of Guinea tested positive for the virus after returning to New York and coming down with a fever of 100.3 . | 43 |
man | 0simple | 0 | Violence broke out in more than 10 cities late Thursday and early Friday , and an 18-year-old man was killed and three people injured when they were hit by a car trying to drive around a protester-erected barricade in Ribeirao Preto , 185 miles north of Sao Paolo . | 17 |
pulls | 0simple | 0 | He pulls it back to reveal the carcasses of two cows , or what 's left of them . | 1 |
tossed | 0simple | 0 | Eons ago , while flinging leftover debris from planetary formation out of our solar system , Jupiter probably also tossed some down toward our primordial globe , delivering some of the water that now fills our oceans . | 19 |
Toys | 0simple | 0 | NEW YORK -- Toys are staging a comeback . | 3 |
suicide | 0simple | 0 | Yazidis in Lincoln said some members of the community were so depressed that they could n't get out of bed , and others had attempted suicide . | 25 |
street-lamp | 0simple | 0 | LOS ANGELES -- Seventy feet below Wilshire Boulevard , catercorner from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art 's street-lamp installation , fresh air roaring from giant ventilation pipes dulled the sickly sweet smell of petroleum . | 19 |
Bringing | 0simple | 0 | `` Bringing on Misty Copeland is the best decision we 've ever made , '' said Adrienne Lofton , senior vice president of global brand marketing for Under Armour , the Baltimore-based sportswear giant . | 1 |
modest | 0simple | 0 | Lost in the debate about online learning , however , is its impact in far-flung regions of the globe , places like the electrical engineering department at the University of El Salvador and the modest walk-up apartment of the Palacios family , above the medical clinic of Dr. Roberto Palacios Navarro , Roosemberth 's fa... | 34 |
fictional | 1complex | 4 | Some philatelists say the committee that helps the postmaster general pick new stamps is favoring pop celebrities and fictional characters over cultural sites and historical figures , undermining a long tradition . | 18 |
sweeping | 1complex | 6 | The recall was the first in the 100 years since Colorado adopted the constitutional provision and grew out of sweeping measures passed last winter after mass shootings at a school in Newtown , Connecticut , and at a movie theater in Aurora , outside Denver . | 19 |
revolutionize | 1complex | 8 | On this sun-blasted tract of sand 14 miles south of Baker , Calif. , molecular biologist and -LSB- entrepreneur -RSB- -LRB- https://www.newsela.com/?tag=entrepreneur -RRB- J. Craig Venter is field-testing a technology that he says will revolutionize the search for extraterrestrial life . | 34 |
collectibles | 1complex | 7 | The growth is being fueled by increasing popularity of collectibles , toys based on Hollywood blockbuster films and better technology that allows toys to do things like talk back to children . | 9 |
accustomed | 1complex | 4 | It might mean not asking too many questions about how a million dollars is getting here , or prodding people accustomed to financial privacy to open their books to a mortgage banker . | 20 |
cultures | 0simple | 0 | Already perceived as ugly and saddled with being a symbol of death and decay in many cultures , their numbers are dropping because of poaching , poisonings and collisions with electricity pylons and wind turbines . | 16 |
conspiracy | 1complex | 5 | Russian officials have sought to discredit the report by a commission from the World Anti-Doping Agency , saying it failed to prove its main points and suggested the existence of an anti-Russian conspiracy . | 32 |
entrepreneurs | 1complex | 7 | She said the money will help build more than a dozen schools , rehabilitate hundreds of facilities and provide training and scholarships to help Pakistani girls `` fulfill their promise '' to become the next generation of doctors , teachers and entrepreneurs . | 41 |
builders | 0simple | 0 | Nudged by local governments worried about water shortages , home builders and homeowners associations are showing increased willingness to embrace the drought-tolerant landscapes that more naturally suit California . | 10 |
involving | 0simple | 0 | Sterling is immediately barred from attending any NBA games or practices , be present at any Clippers office or facility , or participate in any business or player personnel decisions involving the team . | 30 |
sparking | 1complex | 5 | She reclined her seat -- smacking Fine 's head and sparking an emotional explosion . | 10 |
porous | 0simple | 0 | Because wildlife trafficking is often perpetrated by well-armed syndicates that thrive in regions with weak laws and porous borders , U.S. security officials say it poses a global security threat , just as the U.S. is seeking to combat growing extremism and violence in parts of Africa . | 17 |
urban | 1complex | 4 | Seated face to face , Joseph Luciani asked them to explain why they 'd fought and how they felt -- part of the school 's new approach to discipline that is catching on in urban districts and focuses more on students working out their differences with counselors than suspensions . | 34 |
triggering | 1complex | 8 | Five years after U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed , triggering a global financial crisis and shattering confidence worldwide , families in countries as varied as the United States , Japan , the United Kingdom and Germany remain hunkered down , too spooked and distrustful to take chances with their money . | 10 |
aid | 0simple | 0 | It is unclear how many of them are ethnic Russians , but local humanitarian workers confirmed that most aid recipients appeared to have ethnic or family ties to Russia . | 18 |
sent | 0simple | 0 | Nowhere was this more painfully obvious than in Japan four years ago , after a small squadron of robots was sent to assist workers at the devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant . | 20 |
tighten | 0simple | 0 | The curriculums , taking hold as school budgets tighten and the numbers of farms in the United States decline , are rich in science and touted as stepping stones for college-bound students considering careers in everything from urban forestry to renewable natural resources and genetic engineering of crops , perhaps for... | 8 |
boats | 0simple | 0 | From the Dominican Republic in the north , to Barbados in the east , and Mexico 's Caribbean resorts to the west , officials are authorizing emergency money to fund cleanup efforts and clear stinking mounds of seaweed that in some cases have piled up nearly 10 feet high on beaches , choked scenic coves and cut off moor... | 59 |
smog | 1complex | 3 | From an astronomical observatory on Chews Ridge in the Santa Lucia Mountains , the University of California , Davis atmospheric scientist has for the last three years measured ozone , the lung-damaging gas in smog , as it arrives to California . | 34 |
consists | 0simple | 0 | Each elevator operates using a pulley-like system that consists of a cab and counterweights connected by a cable . | 8 |
create | 0simple | 0 | In an emergency , the bracelet can be unraveled and the parachute cord used in a variety of ways -- to create a shelter or make a tourniquet , for example . | 21 |
composed | 1complex | 4 | Near its edges pack ice is composed of pieces loosely drifting on the water . | 6 |
insurgency | 0simple | 0 | Afghans have grown familiar with firearms over long decades of war , from the 1979 Soviet invasion and the resulting insurgency to the civil war and the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s . | 20 |
underscored | 1complex | 7 | The chaotic scene underscored the fearful insecurity of displaced Iraqis as they begin Ramadan in a nation gripped by unrest and bitterly divided along sectarian lines . | 3 |
restaurants | 0simple | 0 | In a new study , researchers from the University of North Carolina led by nutrition professor Barry Popkin have found that even when they are not eating at fast-food restaurants , children who frequent them tend to eat food that would probably make many of them overweight or -LSB- obese -RSB- -LRB- https://www.newsela.... | 29 |
Triangle | 0simple | 0 | Less Bermuda Triangle or Amelia Earhart ; more Air France 447 , which crashed into the Atlantic in 2009 but confounded investigators for nearly two years until its black boxes were found . | 2 |
tournament | 1complex | 7 | The ball was a mere 5 feet from the hole , but when Chey Castro raised his putter for what should have been a clean shot , his hand spasmed and he missed the putt that would have won him $ 180 at the tournament . | 44 |
gridlock | 1complex | 8 | WASHINGTON -- The American public is unusually pessimistic about the direction of the country and increasingly fed up with Washington gridlock , a sour mood reflected in the worst disapproval ratings for President Barack Obama since he took office nearly five years ago . | 20 |
asked | 0simple | 0 | CHICAGO -- On a recent afternoon at Chicago 's Dewey Elementary Academy of Fine Arts , Ladon Brumfield asked a group of 9 - and 10-year-old African-American girls to define beauty . | 18 |
consulted | 1complex | 5 | As chief nurse for the Pershing County School District 's 600 students , Pontius consulted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics . | 14 |
fields | 0simple | 0 | The dolls are part of a movement catering to shoppers ' interest in STEM -- encouraging children , particularly girls , to study fields related to science , technology , engineering and math . | 23 |
carcasses | 1complex | 7 | He pulls it back to reveal the carcasses of two cows , or what 's left of them . | 7 |
smuggled | 1complex | 9 | As they were smuggled out of the country , they left behind a luxurious life made possible by their Krakow chocolate-making business . | 3 |
sledding | 0simple | 0 | Other cities , including Des Moines , Iowa ; Montville , New Jersey ; Lincoln , Nebraska ; and Columbia City , Indiana , have taken less drastic measures , banning sledding only on the most dangerous hills , requiring helmets , outlawing jumping ramps and thin sledding sheets or posting sternly worded warning signs tha... | 47 |
plane | 0simple | 0 | The plane maker issued a statement Saturday afternoon , saying it `` extends its concern for the safety '' of those aboard the downed aircraft . | 1 |
weapons | 0simple | 0 | KABUL , Afghanistan -- The weapons of Afghanistan 's long decades of war can be seen almost everywhere , from the burned-out hulks of Soviet tanks to the Kalashnikov assault rifles slung over policemen 's shoulders and helicopter gunships roaring overhead . | 5 |
fires | 0simple | 0 | Though baking soda is recommended for extinguishing grease fires , it did n't help the hoverboard situation . | 8 |
designed | 0simple | 0 | Taking on the challenge , a team of software and biomedical engineers , neuroscientists , surgeons and prosthetists has designed a prosthetic limb that can reproduce a full repertoire of ambulatory tricks by communicating seamlessly with Vawter 's brain . | 19 |
creditors | 1complex | 3 | Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis claims debt relief is the key issue that held up a deal with creditors last week and says he 'd rather cut off his arm than sign anything that does n't tackle the country 's borrowings . | 18 |
degrade | 1complex | 5 | As an added challenge , DARPA will deliberately degrade communication links between robots and operators for each team as it competes in order to create a scenario closer to the one responders experienced in Fukushima . | 8 |
rigorous | 1complex | 7 | This summer , Berry is one of eight African-American students in the Chicago area enrolled in a new , rigorous program to learn how to fly and obtain a private pilot 's licenses . | 19 |
interview | 0simple | 0 | `` I almost choked , '' she said in an interview . | 10 |
adolescent | 1complex | 6 | `` This is the 21st century and they need to get with it , '' said Strasburger , a University of New Mexico adolescent medicine specialist . | 23 |
countries | 0simple | 0 | Results from the 2012 Program of International Student Assessment showed that U.S. teenagers were in the bottom half for financial literacy among the 18 countries that participated , ahead of France and Spain , but below Latvia , Russia and China . | 24 |
erasure | 0simple | 0 | `` This is erasure , '' Dean-Burren said in an interview with The Washington Post . | 3 |
answers | 0simple | 0 | They 're now embarking on a new series of tests in California 's Central Valley , aimed at working out the answers to a multitude of technical questions that must be resolved to make the project work . | 21 |
offshore | 1complex | 4 | Drive hunting -- when groups of hunters on canoes fan out far offshore and clap stones together as they round up dolphins -- has been taking place off the Solomon Islands for many years . | 12 |
arrived | 0simple | 0 | Far from access to natural maple syrup , wild rice and game , the residents at Little Earth of United Tribes -- a south Minneapolis low-income housing complex -- are finding new old ways to grow crops that existed long before European settlers arrived . | 43 |
fresh | 0simple | 0 | The majority of that is due to consumers -LRB- both families and food businesses -RRB- , who buy fresh and frozen fish , but never end up eating it or selling it . | 18 |
tent | 0simple | 0 | `` I have nothing anymore , nowhere to go , no apartment ... and all my documents and personal belongings were burned , '' Poludnitsina , 25 , said as she sat in a tent she shares with a family of four . | 34 |
red-legged | 0simple | 0 | They also help the endangered California red-legged frog . | 6 |
artifacts | 1complex | 3 | In a paper published recently in the Canadian Journal of Archaeology , researchers examined artifacts recovered at Riparo Bombrini , in northwest Italy , and concluded that their dwelling was organized around such activities as butchering animals , shaping tools and building fires . | 14 |
insurgents | 1complex | 9 | WASHINGTON -- Army Capt. Brian Dowling was leading his Special Forces team through a steep mountain pass in eastern Afghanistan when insurgents ambushed his patrol , leaving two of his soldiers pinned down with life-threatening wounds . | 21 |
Governor | 0simple | 0 | Governor Chis Christie of New Jersey chomped down on a jelly doughnut and mocked his own weight on `` The Late Show with David Letterman . '' | 0 |
money | 0simple | 0 | What she did n't realize was that he was buying virtual gems -- with real money -- to build his dragon park as part of the game . | 15 |
representing | 1complex | 3 | Displayed on a tablet , the app shows a map of northeastern China covered with large orange circles , each representing one of the country 's major polluters , reporting its emissions in real time . | 20 |
Clippers | 0simple | 0 | Sterling is immediately barred from attending any NBA games or practices , be present at any Clippers office or facility , or participate in any business or player personnel decisions involving the team . | 16 |
served | 0simple | 0 | The men 's refusal to pay bail money into the segregationist town 's city coffers served as a catalyst for other civil disobedience . | 15 |
Command | 0simple | 0 | The Special Operations Command began soliciting ideas for the suit this year from industry , academia and government labs , and has held two conferences where potential bidders , including Dowling 's company , Revision Military , demonstrated their products . | 3 |
sand | 0simple | 0 | KINGSTON , Jamaica -- The picture-perfect beaches and turquoise waters that people expect on their visits to the Caribbean are increasingly being fouled by mats of decaying seaweed that attract biting sand fleas and smell like rotten eggs . | 31 |
participation | 1complex | 6 | `` The Justice Department expects to show that the clear and intended effects of these changes would contract the electorate and result in unequal access to the participation in the political process on account of race , '' Holder , joined by federal prosecutors based in North Carolina , said during a news conference a... | 27 |
surplus | 1complex | 3 | WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is ordering up new rules for giving local police agencies access to surplus U.S. military equipment such as the armored vehicles , assault rifles and body armor that police in Ferguson , Missouri , used during protests this summer . | 17 |
wait | 0simple | 0 | It might be a long wait for approval , however , perhaps years . | 5 |
hoped | 0simple | 0 | There was early evidence that Ryan might be the unifying force most Republicans hoped he would be . | 13 |
guarantee | 1complex | 4 | One parent objected to the uniforms and eventually sued , contending they violated the First Amendment 's guarantee of free speech . | 17 |
nonprofit | 1complex | 6 | `` I call it the silent epidemic , '' said Caroline Kunitz , who runs L.A. Diaper Drive , which will distribute 1.5 million diapers to nonprofit partners around Southern California this year . | 26 |
television | 0simple | 0 | The governor , who throughout his career has joked about his weight on television , in social media and before countless audiences , said it was his plan all along never to acknowledge publicly that he had undergone gastric band surgery , more commonly known as lap band surgery . | 13 |
captured | 1complex | 4 | The couple , who fled Iraq 's second-largest city of Mosul after it was captured by Sunni extremists earlier this month , has always been poor . | 14 |
Doctors | 0simple | 0 | CHICAGO -- Doctors 2 parents : Limit kids ' tweeting , texting & keep smartphones , laptops out of bedrooms . | 2 |
considerably | 1complex | 6 | Emerging from a private meeting with President Xi Jinping that went considerably longer than scheduled , Biden appeared somber and subdued . | 11 |
stabilize | 1complex | 5 | Their dams raise water tables , nourishing shrubbery alongside streams that stabilize eroding banks , and add habitat for birds and deer . | 11 |
decadelong | 1complex | 6 | And it 's also about time , based on the findings of the Census of Marine Life , a decadelong survey of the global oceans , which estimated that 90 percent of large predatory fishes , such as tuna , billfish and swordfish , have disappeared from the seas . | 19 |
pulley-like | 0simple | 0 | Each elevator operates using a pulley-like system that consists of a cab and counterweights connected by a cable . | 5 |
woefully | 1complex | 8 | The mayor 's decision to home in on one of Chicago 's most intractable problems meant he made only passing reference to another : crumbling finances that have left the city 's credit rated as `` junk '' and its pension funds woefully unfunded . | 42 |
anti-childhood | 1complex | 3 | Michelle Obama said Friday that a new focus of her anti-childhood obesity effort will be to help people cook more of their meals at home because they 're healthier . | 10 |
existence | 1complex | 3 | Russian officials have sought to discredit the report by a commission from the World Anti-Doping Agency , saying it failed to prove its main points and suggested the existence of an anti-Russian conspiracy . | 28 |
venues | 1complex | 4 | `` I was chief cook in three Thai restaurants , '' said Eduardo Dzib Vargas , listing venues on Potrero Hill , the Embarcadero district and Ghirardelli Square . | 17 |
grow | 0simple | 0 | The total gaming market is expected to grow to $ 74.2 billion this year , according to SuperData Research . | 7 |
pastime | 1complex | 6 | Dubuque , Iowa , is the latest city to give the traditional winter pastime the cold shoulder . | 13 |
doll | 0simple | 0 | How about a Lottie astronomer doll complete with a telescope , tripod and fact sheet about notable women stargazers , or a fossil hunter armed with a magnifying glass , geology hammer and ammonite fossils ? | 5 |
alternative | 1complex | 6 | As an alternative to the classes at her school in Diyarbakir , in southeast Turkey , she would have to choose from three electives : the life of the Prophet Muhammad , the Quran or basic religious knowledge -- or fail the year . | 2 |
robe | 0simple | 0 | DONETSK , Russia -- Tatiana Poludnitsina fled her home in the eastern Ukrainian town of Luhansk in her robe and flip-flops after artillery shells hit it in mid-August . | 18 |
disparities | 1complex | 9 | The findings , described in the journal Science Advances , reveals another complexity of the effects of climate change -- both the effects it has on animal populations and the way it affects human disease , in the context of socioeconomic disparities . | 41 |
imposes | 1complex | 5 | Attorney General Eric Holder said the North Carolina law imposes several `` troubling new restrictions '' on voters including reducing early voting days , eliminating same-day registration during the early-voting period and imposing a restrictive photo-identification requirement for in-person voting . | 9 |
impeccably | 1complex | 9 | So he worked from the dining room table of his small , impeccably decorated home in north Minneapolis , marveling that weather and car repair were the biggest headaches of this `` amazing '' day . | 12 |
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