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14 Cards in this Set
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Shallop
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Various small boats formerly used for rowing in shallow water
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Victuals
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Food supplies, provision
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Adversity
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A condition marked by calamity,misfortune, or distress
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Resolute
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Firmly resolved or determined
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Sentinels
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Soldiers stationed as guards against surprise attacks
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Discontented
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Not content or satisfied
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Quelled
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Suppressed, put to and end, extinguished
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Aloof
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Reserved, indifferent, disinterested
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Procure
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To obtain or get by care, effort, or special means
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Lamented
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Mourned
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Laudable
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Deserving of praise, praiseworthy, commendable
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Cognizance
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Awareness, realization, perception
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Feigned
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Invented fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse
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Starving time
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The winter of 1609-1610 in Jamestown, only 60 colonists survived their first winter
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