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39 Cards in this Set
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a limited amount or share of food
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ration |
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to look for something by moving things around in an untidy or careless way
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rummaging |
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loyal and loving |
devoted
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to search a place wildly |
ransacking
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needed very quickly/ immediately; urgent/ pressing nature/character; need or demand for prompt action or attention; an insistent tone or manner |
urgency
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detailed and complicated
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intricately |
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to stuff; gorge
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glutted |
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someone you have met but do not know very well
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acquaintances |
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to change slowly, sometimes over many years;to develop an idea or plan by making small changes |
evolved
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to move forward or to improve
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progressed |
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to have a flow of saliva especially in excess
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salivate
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the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer
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venison
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a soft leather heelless shoe or boot with the sole brought up the sides of the foot and over the toes where it is joined with a puckered seam to a U–shaped piece lying on top of the foot
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moccasins
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a lucky accident
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fluke
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barely sufficient or satisfactory
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adequate
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irregular in form or growth
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scraggly
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serenely free of interruption or disturbance
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placid
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abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces
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claustrophobia
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ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility
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animosity
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to consume greedily
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gorged
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A small, rounded or cone–shaped, low hill or a surface of other small, irregular shapes.
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hummock
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able to perform bending or twisting movements with ease
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supple
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a procedure or method of working usually involving expert physical movement
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maneuver
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enough to meet the needs of a situation or a proposed end
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sufficiently
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a steel–tipped spear used for killing whales or fish
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lance
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physically severe
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inclement
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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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superfluous
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extremely intense or severe
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blistering
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to indulge oneself extravagantly
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splurged
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to affect with visions or imaginary perceptions
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hallucinating
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having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper
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scrupulously
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stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
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obdurate
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hard to accomplish or achieve
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arduous
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to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness
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neglected
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a sled dog of northern North America
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Malamutes
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a long flat–bottomed light sled made usually of thin boards curved up at one end with usually low handrails at the sides
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toboggan
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to hold back in doubt or indecision
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hesitated
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a tedious sameness or reiteration
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monotone
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of an exceptional or astonishing degree
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colossal
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