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10 Cards in this Set
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Whittle |
To cut small bits or pare shavings from |
Jack had stopped whilttling |
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Underlay |
To place something under or beneath something else |
There lay another of those pieces of pink squareness that underlay the structure of the island |
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Discursive |
Tending to cover a wide range of subjects |
The assembly shredded away and became a dicursive and random scatter from the palms to the water and away along the beach, beyond night-sight |
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Hiatus |
An interruption in the intensity or amount of something |
There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm |
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Tensely |
In a stressed manner |
The assembly, sensing a crisis, was tensely expectant |
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Snivel |
Cry or whine with snuffling |
PIggy sniveled and Simon shushed him quickly as though he had spoken too loudly in church |
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Crass |
Lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence |
Crass was worn away in front of each trunk but grew tall and untrodden in tile center of the triangle |
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Emboss |
To carve, mold, or stamp on a surface so that it stands our in relief |
Between the point, worn away into a little hole, and the pink lips of the mouth, lay eighteen inches of shell with a slight spiral twist and covered with a delicate, embossed pattern |
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Dangle |
To hang freely |
There was a speck above the island, a figure dropping swiftly beneath parachute, a figure that hung with dangling limbs |
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Impalpable |
Not perceptible to the touch |
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