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18 Cards in this Set
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valise
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a small piece of hand luggage
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gout
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a painful inflammation of the joints
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illumined
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illuminated; lighted up
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penance
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a voluntary act of self mortification or devotion expressing sorrow for sin
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scalding
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causing a burning sensation
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plummet
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to fall straight down, plunge
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falter
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to be unsteady in purpose; waver
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trajectory
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the path of a projectile or other moving body through space
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dilate
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to make wider or larger
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seance
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a meeting of people to recieve spiritualistic messages
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ricochet
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to rebound from a surface
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gingerly
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cautiously
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pedantone
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who pays undue attention the book learning and formal rules
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convolution
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a form or part that is folded or coiled
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sloth
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aversion to work or extertion
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bombardment
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the attack using bombs, shells, or missiles
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scythe
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an implement with a long curved single edged blade and a long bent handle
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pheonix
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a mythical bird in egyptian mythology that lived in the desert for 500 years and then consumed itself by fire later to rise renewed from its ashes
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