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33 Cards in this Set
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Scrounging |
To get something that you need by searching, hunting, borrowing |
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Subside |
To become less; decrease |
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Thicket |
A thick patch of shrubs, bushes, or small trees |
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Quality |
High grade, superior, excellent |
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Eavesdrop |
To listen to other people talk without letting them know |
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Logical |
Reasonable; to be expected |
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Leery |
Suspicious or mistrustful; wary |
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Leery |
Suspicious or mistrustful; wary |
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Enchanting |
Charming;c captivating, to attract and delight; fascanating |
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Acquaintance |
A person you know but usually not a close friend |
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Prophesy |
To foretell or reveal, especially under divine inspiration |
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Avalanch |
Anything that slides with chunks of snow |
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Pagoda |
A far eastern tower usually with roofs curving upward;seavral stories tall |
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Gape |
To stare in surprise,awe,or wonder,especially with the mouth open |
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Luxury |
Something expensive or hard to obtain;something with classiness or elegance rather than a necessity |
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Furiously |
With much noice,excitement,or activity;frantically |
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Fidget |
To move in a nervous or restless way |
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Luscious |
Having a delicious or taste or smell |
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Luscious |
Having a delicious or taste or smell |
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Deduction |
The process of finding an answer by using what is true. |
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Rubbish |
Material that is thrown away or useless; garbage |
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Insulate |
Covered, lined, or separated with a material that prevents or reduces the passage or lekage of heat. |
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jinx |
Someone or something that is believed to cause bas luck |
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jinx |
Someone or something that is believed to cause bas luck |
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Salvage |
To save or rescue something from harm or destruction |
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Sublime |
Exciting wonder, reverence ,or the like;impassive |
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Illustrious |
Outstanding because of goodness or achievements; well known; highly thought of; famous |
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Encore |
Something added to a performance after the audience asks for more. |
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Entomologist |
A zoologist who studies insects. |
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Ambling |
Walking slowly to go at a sluggish, easy pace; stroll |
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Summit |
The highest part; peak |
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Smidgin |
A small amount;a very small quantity or portion; a small bit |
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Analogy |
A similarity between like features of two things on which comparison may be based |