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71 Cards in this Set
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acquiesced
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accepted; went along with
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compact
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agreement
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condolences
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offerings of sympathy
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draught
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drink
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endeavors
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efforts
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exasperation
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annoyance
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gabble
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jabber; talk fast or foolishly
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interlopers
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those who trespass or intrude
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languor
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lack of energy
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marauders
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raiders
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medley
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assortment; mixture
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pestilential
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injurious or deadly
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pious
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devoutly religious
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poaching
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hunting illegally
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precipitous
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very steep
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reconciliation
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establishment of friendship or harmony
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succor
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relief
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cached
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hidden in a secure place
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dispersed
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distributed or spread over a wide area
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minutely
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paying close attention to even the smallest details
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obliquely
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on an angle; indirectly
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reminiscent
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reminding one
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undistinguished
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not very noticeable or different from surroundings
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yearling
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an animal one year old but not yet two
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bracken
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a large, coarse fern
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fluorescent
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producing light by bombarding a glowing material with electrons
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incandescent
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producing light by radiating hot, visible light
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infrared
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outside the visible spectrum
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debris
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scattered remains; rubble
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epicenter
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the point of the Earth's surface directly above something, usually the point directly above an earthquake
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magnitude
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size; greatness
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millennia
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periods on one thousand years
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pent-up
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shut up; contained
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prevalent
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commonly occurring
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scourges
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causes of great pain or punishment
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consolation
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comfort
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wrested
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pulled
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apprehensive
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anxious; concerned about
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breakers
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waves that break on the shore
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brooked
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tolerated
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clamor
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insistence and noise
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confirmation
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agreement
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dawdling
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wasting time
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deft
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skillful
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disposition
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personality
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furtively
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secretly; sneakily
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fuselage
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body of a plane
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garish
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strangely or brightly colored
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headland
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a high cliff that juts out over the sea
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imperative
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necessary; not to be avoided or put off
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laconic
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using so few words as to appear rude
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lumbering
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moving slowly and heavily
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pallor
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paleness
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paraffin
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a waxy, flammable substance
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persistence
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the quality of not giving up
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placid
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still; tranquil
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recounted
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told about
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rubicund
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healthy and reddish; ruddy
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stile
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steps set up for crossing a fence
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wheeling
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turning sharply
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abash
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embarrass
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extremity
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extreme circumstances, usually hardship
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gale
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a strong current of wind
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cloistered
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secluded, like a place of religious devotion
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compelled
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forced
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octogenarian
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someone between 80 and 90 years old
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poignant
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touching
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pragmatic
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practical
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pretentious
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showy and overdone
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spawns
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gives rise to
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verdant
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green
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