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71 Cards in this Set
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Solidly |
having three dimensions |
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Foundry |
factory where metal is melted |
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Sought |
= past participle of seek( to try and find something) |
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Sly |
Doing something secretively |
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Unobtrusive |
= not noticeable |
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Scullery |
room next to the kitchen where pans are washed and stored also where food is prepared |
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Clandestine |
Doing something in secercy/private |
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Consience |
inner sense of what’s right or wrong in one’s motive |
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Mantelshelf |
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace |
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Lorry |
a motor truck |
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Latch |
a device for holding a door |
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Torch |
a light to be carried in the hand |
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shilling |
coin unit |
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Axe= |
= an instrument used for chopping or hewing |
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Heave= |
to raise or lift without effort |
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Pumice= |
a spongy form of volcanic glass |
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Saucer |
= small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup |
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Summat= |
something |
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Mangle |
= to spoil/ ruin |
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Bellyful= |
all that a person can tolerate |
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Marble= |
type of stone |
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Scornful= |
full of disdain/contemptuous |
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Settee= |
a seat for two or more persons |
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Nitrous oxide= |
laughing gas |
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Screeching= |
to make a harsh shrill cry/sound |
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Omen= |
prediction/sign |
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Bleak= |
depressing/without hope |
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Bummed out= |
in a bad mood |
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Tendrils= |
type of spiral plant
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Illuminate= |
to clarify and explain |
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Scrawled= |
writing or drawing awkwardly/carelessly |
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Periphery= |
a sudden turn of events |
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Shabbily |
showing signs of neglect |
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Furtive |
= secret |
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Subterranean |
existing out of sight |
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Prying= |
unnecessarily curious |
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Ramshackle= |
loosely made/ shaky |
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Sodden |
= soaked with liquid/soggy |
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Rectilinear= |
formed by straight lines |
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Dispirited= |
discouraged |
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Shrubs |
= plant |
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Anticipate= \ |
to expect |
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Grant= |
agreement |
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Despise=
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to regard with contempt (dishonour/disgrace) |
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Distress= |
great pain, anxiety or sorrow |
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Harried= |
harassing or devastating |
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Sturdily= |
strong |
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Placidly |
= peaceful |
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Conscientious |
controlled by or done according to one’s inner sense of whats right |
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Slatternly= |
untidy |
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Grievances= |
complaint against injust |
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Vehemence = |
enthusiastic/ eager/passion |
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Verocity |
Fierceness |
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Assertions |
= claims |
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Habitual= |
commonly/regular/resulting from a habit |
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Grotesque |
odd or unnatural |
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Bellow=
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bawl/roar/cry |
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Immense= |
enormous/ unmeasurable |
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Ajar= |
neither entirely open nor entirely shut |
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Emerged= |
to come forth into view or to rise |
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Fled=
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to speed |
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Pallor= |
unusual paleness from fear or illness |
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Subdued |
quiet/controlled/repressed |
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Diminutive= |
little |
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Inconsolable= |
that cannot be comforted |
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Sordid= |
mean and selfish |
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Squalid= |
neglected and filthy |
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Shrillness= |
high pitched and piercing in sound quality |
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Melancholy= |
sober/gloomy state of mind |
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Tousled= |
disordered/ messy |
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Impelling= |
to drive or urge forward |
