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30 Cards in this Set
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luminous
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shining by its own light
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grim
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without mercy; stern; harsh
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beckon
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signal by motion of the head or hand
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ramshackle
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loose and shaky
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froth
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mass of small bubbles formed in liquid; foam
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spellbound
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too interested to move; fascinated
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musty
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having a smell or taste suggesting mold
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wistful
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longing; yearning
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mammoth
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huge; big; immense
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ghastly
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causing terror; horrible; shocking
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pulpy
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soft, wet mass
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desolate
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not producing anything; not lived in
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nuisance |
annoying person or thing |
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vast |
very great in size or amount |
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forbidden |
not allowed |
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ancient |
very old |
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peculiar |
strange |
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hag |
ugly old woman |
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blunt |
not sharp, dull |
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spectacles |
glasses |
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emerging |
coming into view |
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hobbled |
walked with a limp |
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gulp |
a large swallow |
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miserable |
very unhappy |
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vanished |
disappeared |
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swerved |
turned suddenly |
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mistaken |
wrong |
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ripe |
ready to eat |
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bulging |
curving or sticking outward |
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cautiously |
carefully |
