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    Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100,000 a Year. How Did This Happen?
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  • a quick idea or understanding of what something is like
    glimpse
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  • a person or thing that is different from what is usual, or not in agreement with something else and therefore not satisfactory
    anomaly
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  • financial aid offered in recognition of student achievements
    merit aid
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  • the level or point at which you start to experience something, or at which something starts to happen
    threshold
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  • relating to the central government, and not to the government of a region, of some countries such as the US
    federal
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  • large in amount, size, force, etc.
    hefty
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  • money that is given to a college, hospital, etc. in order to provide it with an income, or the giving of this money
    endowments
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  • money given as part of the cost of something, to help or encourage it to happen
    subsidy
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  • the activity of helping the poor, especially by giving them money
    philanthropy
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  • the scientific study of disease
    pathology
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  • an official rule or the act of controlling something
    regulation
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  • a member of a group of people who together have the power to make laws
    legislator
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  • the middle one in a set of values arranged in order of size
    median
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  • to warn someone secretly about something that will happen, so that they can take action or prevent it from happening
    tip someone off
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