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List of Words for Letter 'R'

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  • rain forest a dense forest that receives a large amount of rain during the year
  • ranching managing or working on a ranch
  • Reconstruction the period after the Civil War
  • reference materials a book, CD, DVD, or Web site that has facts about many subjects, arranged so that you can look them up
  • reform a change to make things better
  • region an area with common features that set it apart from other areas
  • renewable resource a natural resource that can be replaced
  • river basin the land drained by a river and the streams flowing into the river


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