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16 Cards in this Set
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Clenched
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hold firmly TIGHTLY
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Lingered
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To be slow in leaving, especially out of reluctance
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rigid
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fixed not flexible
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Sprawled
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To sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly
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Rumpled
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To become wrinkled or creased
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Constable
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peace officer with less authority and smaller jurisdiction than a sheriff
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Persisted
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To be obstinately repetitious, insistent, or tenacious
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Envious
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jealous or pained by the excellence or fortune by another
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Wheezed
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To breathe with difficulty, producing a hoarse whistling sound.
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Surveyed
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To examine or look at comprehensively. To inspect carefully
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Anguish
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Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment
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Fleeting
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passing quickly
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Petulance
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Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish. Contemptuous in speech or behavior.
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Gallows
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Gallows
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Ghastly
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Inspiring shock, revulsion, or horror by or as if by suggesting death
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Peril
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imminent danger extreme risk
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