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54 Cards in this Set
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Transformation
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A dramatic change.
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Victimize
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To be tricked or bullied.
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Devise
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To make a plan, usually negative.
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Slaughter
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To kill or murder a large number, usually used in respect to animals.
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Apprenticeship
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To learn a trade from another person.
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Custodian
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Someone responsible for taking care of a building or tract of land.
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Ego
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Someone's sense of self-worth or pride.
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Gape
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To stare in astonishment, ususally with the mouth open.
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Exhaggerate
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To blow things out of proportion, to lie that makes the truth bigger than what it is.
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Massacre
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To kill or murder a large group of people.
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Remittance
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A payment or a bill
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Missile
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A weapon sent over a distance
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Permit
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to be allowed
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Subterranean
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Underground
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Serenaded
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To sing to another person
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Non-Conformity
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not fitting in
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Plaited
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To braid
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Missionary
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A person sent for religious purposes
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Marquee
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A sign, usually lighted, on top of a theatre
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Extraterrestrial
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Out of this world
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Marooned
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Left deserted on an island
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Keener
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Sharp, focused attention
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Plot
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The rise and fall of conflict in the story
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Milling
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To move about aimlessly
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Quills
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The needles of a porcupine
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Smite
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To hit, or hurt
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Transmit
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To send (a signal)
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Balancing
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to equalize
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Bred
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Past tense of breed, to mate animals, usually desiring a certain trait.
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Characters
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the participants in a story
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Terra Cotta
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A reddish clay used to make pottery
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Clenched
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to grip with force
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spledid
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shining, wonderful
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Conflict
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the problem in a story
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Geography
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the study of the earth and it's people
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Geographer
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The person studying Geography
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Point of View
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The perspective from which a story is told: either first, second, or third person.
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Flourish
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A dramatic movement
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Setting
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Where a story takes place
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Missive
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A letter
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Admissible
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allowed as truthful evidence
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Commissioner
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A person sent to make decisions
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Brood
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a group of children (animals) born at the same time.
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Theme
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The lesson or idea of the story
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territory
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a tract of land
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Mediterranean
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Middle of the earth, a body of water surrounded by land: The Mediterranean Ocean
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Peculiar
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Odd, weird
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Thickets
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A large amount or area of bushes and shrubs
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Gawked
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To stare dumbly
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Terrace
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A raised, flat land area of land, often used for farming
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Fraction
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A small portion
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Geology
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The study of the earth, esp. rocks, and the Earth's internal forces
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Geode
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A rock with a crystal inside
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Submissive
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yeilding, obedient
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