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20 Cards in this Set
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solace |
comfort, relief |
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affliction |
curse or a sickness, illness or injury |
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moored |
tied up, fastened, anchored |
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gables |
triangular top section of a side wall on a building |
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hearth |
fireplace |
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mead |
drink made by fermenting honey with water, often with added spices |
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purge |
purify, cleanse, empty |
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shrouds |
cloths in which dead body is wrapped before burial |
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massive |
big and solid, bulky |
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scabbard |
sheath, cover of something |
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hilt |
handle of a sword, knife, or dagger |
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loathsome |
hate, disguting |
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fetters |
means of confinement, restriction, or restrain |
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hoary |
overused or white with age, ancient |
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spoils |
something valuable or desirable gained through effort, opportunism, or other means |
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haltingly |
done with irregular pauses, starting and stopping |
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lament |
mourn, grive, cry for |
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denounce |
condemn |
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pyre |
pile of wood on which a dead body is ceremonially cremated |
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scop |
bard or poet in Anglo-Saxon England |
