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Vocabulary

 

Michelle Kwan

 

 

 

 

amateur – someone who engages in an athletic activity for fun rather than for money

 

 

 

artistic – showing skill and good taste

 

 

 

compete – to take part in a contest

 

 

 

elements – the parts of which something is made up

 

 

 

judges – people who decide who wins a contest

 

 

 

presentation – performance

 

 

 

pressure – urgent or forceful demand

 

 

 

required -- necessary; essential

 

 

 

technical – having to do with technique