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30 Cards in this Set
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voracious
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craving or consuming large quantities of food
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reverberation
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a reechoed sound
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Tommie
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a british soldier in WWI
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battery
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two or more pieces of artillery used for combined action
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indignant
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eeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base
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munitions
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materials used in war, esp. weapons and ammunition.
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fete
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a day of celebration; holiday
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restive
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impatient of control, restraint, or delay
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nigh
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near in space, time, or relation
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monotonous
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lacking in variety; tediously unvarying
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levies
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the troops conscripted
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insatiable
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incapable of being satisfied or appeased
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laconically
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using few words; expressing much in few words
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parapet
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a defensive wall or elevation, as of earth or stone, in a fortification
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dementing
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to make mad or insane
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denumbed
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to render inactive; deaden or stupefy.
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disabuse
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to free (a person) from deception or error.
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miscarries
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to fail to attain the right or desired end; be unsuccessful
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protruding
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to thrust forward; cause to project.
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queue
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a file or line, especially of people waiting their turn
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sheepish
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embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish
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indignation
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a strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger
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pithily
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briefly, forcefully, and meaningfully expressed; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; tersely, forcibly
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martinet
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a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one
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ostracized
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excluded by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, ect.
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intervene
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to come in between as to hinder or modify
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spry
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active, nimble, agile
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grievous
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causing great pain or suffering
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esprit de corps
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a sense of unity
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esprit de corps
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a sense of unity
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