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21 Cards in this Set
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What is blunderbuss?
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old fashioned , short gun
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what is chinking?
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small narrow cleft: crevice to fill the cracks of as a wall;plug up
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what is daubed?
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smear or coat as with plaster
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deprived
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to take something away from
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boggy
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to sink into;soft ground
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defiance
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challenge or contrary to ; acting with contempt or oppostion
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detested
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to dislike intensely
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finicky
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very paticular
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thrashing
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to beat soundly or strike about with or as if with a stick or whip
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contemptuous
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feeling or showing scorn or lack of resect
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grudgingly
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ill will; to grumble,complain
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spliced
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to unite by interweaving the strands
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stout
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bold
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cascades
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a steep usually small waterfall often one on a series ; to fail or pass
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chagrined
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to grieve sorrowful sad
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goaded
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to urge on
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indifference
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lack of feeling for or against something
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tuft
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small clusters of hair or feather
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wary
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cautious of danger
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shrewdly
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in a clever or practical way
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rasping
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grating scraping
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