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32 Cards in this Set
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recede
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v. to decrease; to lessen
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writhed
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v. twisted or squirmed, as in great pain
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defiance
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n. resistance against or challenge to authority
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astonishment
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n. surprise; amazement
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grotesque
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adj. extremely distorted in appearance
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parched
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adj. hot and dry; shriveled
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quivering
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adj. shaking; trembling
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forty days and forty nights
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a reference to the biblical story of Noah and the flood (Genesis 7), in which god told Noah and his family to take two of each animal onto an ark (a boat) to ride out the forty days and forty nights of rain that would destroy the rest of the world
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delirious
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adj. raving; in a state of wild excitement or emotion, especially as with a high fever or certain types of mental illness
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altitude
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n. height above a base level such as the earth's surface
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increments
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n. additions; small amounts of increase
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feeble
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adj. extremely weak; not effective
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altitude
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n. height above a base level such as the earth's surface
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increments
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n. additions; small amounts of increase
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precipice
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n. a steep rock or cliff
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contritely
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adv. apologetically; humbly regretful
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sundial
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n. a device that measures time by the shadow cast by a pin or post on a dial marked with hours
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inexplicable
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adj. not explainable or easily understood
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distinctive
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adj. easily recognizable; particular; characteristic ofone thing or person as opposed to others
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precarious
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unstable; dangerous
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commotion
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violent activity or disturbance
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rigid
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not moving or bending
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strenuous
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difficult; tiring
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hallucinations
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illusions of seeing or hearing sights or sounds that are not in fact present
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strenuous
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difficult; tiring
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detainees
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persons being held in confinment, as in jail
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jurisdiction
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legal authority or control
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pursuant
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following; because of
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patent attorney
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a lawyer who assists inventors in protecting their ideas and products from being copied or sold by others
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tedious
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boring
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stock certificates
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documents that provide evidence of ownership of shares in a particular company
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deeds of trust
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documents that transfer, from one person or group to another, a certain share in a property
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