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15 Cards in this Set
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laborious
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requiring hard effort
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pierced
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forced or made a way into or through
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dusk
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partial darkness
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resumed
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to begin again or go back to
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convince
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to make a person agree or believe by arguing or showing evidence
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oblong
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longer in one direction than in the other with opposite sides parallel
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capture
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to take and hold especially by force
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diabolical
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characteristic of the devil: fiendish
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contraption
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device, gadget
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convulsions
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a series of contractions of the muscles that is not under control of the will
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glimpse
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a short hurried view
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muttered
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mumble
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murky
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very dark or gloomy
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encounter
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meet
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desolate
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abandoned
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