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Channel A long passage into the earth that water or other liquid flows along Disperse To scatter in different directions Ingenuity Skill at inventing things, thinking of new Institute A group that works on a particular project Internal Within a country, company, or person Nevertheless In spite of that Sophisticated Complex, well designed Suspect to think something is true Thesis to think something is true Vulnerable Easy to harm or to attack Assume To think that something is probably true Create To make something new Culture The ideas and customs of a society Detect To find or notice Final last Shift To move from one place or idea to another. Similar Almost the same, but not exactly Survive To continue to exist, to live after an attack or an illness Tradition Something that people have done for a long time and continue to do Variation Things that are different from one another. Unit 1 target vocabulary and definitions