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31 Cards in this Set
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hammock
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n. strip of heavy cloth or netting suspended between two trees or posts and used for sleeping or lounging
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stifling
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adj. suffocating; so stuffy and warm as to make one feel smothered
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descendants
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n. offspring; people who are the children, grandchildren, grea-grandchildren, and son on, of a certain person or group
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gruff
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adj. rough or hoarse
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perseverance
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n. persistence; continued effort
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barren
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adj. without plant life; empty
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desolate
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adj. deserted; ruined and abandoned
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wearily
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adv. in an extremely tired way
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prospect
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n. hopeful anticipation; an expectation
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mere
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adj. simple; only; no more than
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destiny
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n. what must certainly happen; fate
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despicable
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adj. deserving to be looked down on or hated
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defective
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adj. faulty; lacking an important or necessary quality
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forlorn
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adj. without hope; miserable
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deftly
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adv. in a quick and skillful way
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reluctantly
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adv. in an unwilling way
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preposterous
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adj. ridiculous; so absurd as to be laughable
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dawdle
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v. to waste time; to be idle
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aimlessly
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adv. without a goal, purpose, or direction
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wharf
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n. a platform or dock built at the edge of a body of water for boats or ships to use during loading and unloading
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pier
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n. a structure built out over the water and used as a landing place for boats or ships
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enviously
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v. in a jealous way
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predatory
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adj. catching and eating other animals
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scowled
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v. looked angry or threatening
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smug
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adj. conceited or self-satisfied; overly contented with oneself
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paranoid
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adj. extremely suspicious or mistrustful, especially without reason
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presumably
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adv. probably
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evict
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v. to remove by legal order a tenant from a rented house or property, especially for nonpayment of rent or for causing disturbances
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penetrating
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adj. keen; searching
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burlap
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n. a type of coarse cloth used in sacks
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concoctions
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n. compounds made up of a combination of ingredients
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