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vital wither spectator
peaked tyrant calamity

desert plants can live without much water, so they don’ the dry conditions.
( hint whare the empty space is whare the word goes )

answer: inference

explanation:

an inference can be understood as a conclusion to which a person is able to get based on reasoning. it is the same as a deduction, a guess, an assumption.   in the sentence presented, the conjunction "but" gives the readers an idea of contrast, and, therefore, allows them to induce that despite the opponent's characteristics, andrea had something different that made her win.