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18 Cards in this Set
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tides
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a current or flowing water
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faint
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dim, weak, not clear
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bow
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the curved front part of a boat
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headland
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a high piece of land that sticks out into a large body of water.
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fiber
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material or cloth
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leagues
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a distance of roughly three miles
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deserted
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abandoned
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omen
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a sign of a future event
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skirted
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to move around the edge of
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idly
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lazily
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spouting
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to come out through a narrow opening with great force
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sandspit
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a bar of raised sand that juts out form an island
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seeping
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to flow a little at a time
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chafing
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rubbing so as to make sore
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serpent
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a snake
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pursued
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chased
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befall
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to happen to
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pitch
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a dark, sticky substance used to make things waterproof.
(2) to lurch or fall suddenly. |
