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canter
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a moderate gallop
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extricate
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to disentangle, relase or set free
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brandish
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to wave or shake threateningly or ostentatiously
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ensconce
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to hide or conceal securely; to settle comfrotably or snugly
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exodus
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a departure or an emigration, usually of a large number of people
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consign
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to deliver, hand over, or transmit; to entrust to another's care
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equestrian
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pertaining to horses, horseback riders, or horseback riding
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sedentary
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characterized by or requiring sittiong or slight activity
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animate
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to give life or motion to; to make gay, energetic or lively
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headlong
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reckles, rash, moving wiht uncontrolled speed, plunging headfirst
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hurtle
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to move swiftly or noisily; to throw violently
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scud
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to move swiftly or glide along easily, especially if driven by the wind
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careen
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to tip, lean, or lie on one side; to lurch or sway from side to side
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trundle
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to roll along
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undualate
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to move in waves, or to have a wavy form
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shunt
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to switch or shift; to shove or turn off to one side
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shamble
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to walk clumsily or shuffle along
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desultory
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disconnected, shifting, or aimlessly skipping from one thing to another without order
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itinerant
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traveling from place to place; one who travels from place to place
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centrifugal
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moving outward or away from the center
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