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13 Cards in this Set
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bough
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branch
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small, dark sea birds
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petrels
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wine or other liquid poured on the ground as a sacrifice
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libation
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bow
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weapon that shoots arrows
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large, violent whirlpool
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malestrom
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pinioned
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confined or shackled
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pectoral
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located on the chest
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pectoral
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located on the chest
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carrion
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carcass of a dead animal
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whey
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the thin, watery part of milk separated from the thicker curds
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prodigious
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enormous
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hecatombs
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Large-scale sacrifices; often the slaughter of 100 cattle at one time
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withy
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tough, flexible twigs
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