diff --git a/app/models/glossary_term.rb b/app/models/glossary_term.rb
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+++ b/app/models/glossary_term.rb
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+class GlossaryTerm < ActiveRecord::Base
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/001_create_glossary_terms.rb b/db/migrate/001_create_glossary_terms.rb
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+++ b/db/migrate/001_create_glossary_terms.rb
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+class CreateGlossaryTerms < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.1]
+  def change
+    create_table :glossary_terms do |t|
+      t.string :name, null: false
+      t.text :description
+
+      t.timestamps null: false
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/glossary_term_test.rb b/test/unit/glossary_term_test.rb
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+require File.expand_path('../../test_helper', __FILE__)
+
+class GlossaryTermTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+
+  # Replace this with your real tests.
+  def test_truth
+    assert true
+  end
+end