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15 Cards in this Set
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cease
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stop
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haze (n)
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dust or smoke in the air, makes it hard to see far
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hazy (adj)
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- describing the air with a lot of smoke, dust, etc
- unclear, lacking clarity |
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apologetically (adj)
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with a 'sorry for' or ashamed manner
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apologize (v)
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to say you're sorry for doing or saying something
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mysterious
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unclear, unknown, not understood, with mystery
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bite (v) (n)
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(v) to take some off something with your teeth, or to make a hole with your teeth
(n) a piece that's been taken off by someone's teeth |
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decay (v)
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the process of breaking down into soil after a living thing has died
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sway (v)
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to move from side to side
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grope (v)
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to reach around to try to find with your hands when you can't see clearly where something is
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starlit (adj)
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lit up by the light of the stars
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hoarse (adj)
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when you can't speak clearly or loudly at all because your throat is sore (or you have some other problem with it)
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rim (n)
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the edge of something, often something curved. for ex: the rim of a cup or a bowl, the rim of a hill
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wither (v)
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to shrivel up, dry up. like a plant withers and dies when it doesn't have water. Someone's soul can wither away too
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stray (v) and (n)
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(v) to get off the path (literally or figuratively)
to get lost, to loose your way (n) a dog or cat that is on the street and doesn't have a home |
