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30 Cards in this Set
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Sinewy
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Strong, thin and lean
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Briskly
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Quick and energetic
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Encountered
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To come upon face to face; to meet
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Chiffonier
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A high narrow chest of drawers; a dresser
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Lynched
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To put to death by mob action
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Formidable
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Causing fear
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Sharecropper
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A farmer who works land for the owner in return for a share of the crop
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Resiliency
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Ability to bounce back
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Donned
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To put on
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Attired
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Dressed
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Conspiratorially
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Plotting together secretly
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Adamantly
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Stubbornly
Unchanging Not giving in |
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Dutifully
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Responsibly
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Segregation
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The act of keeping groups apart
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Meticulously
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Very carefully and neatly, precisely or perfectly
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Exasperation
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Frustration
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Intriguing
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Interesting, arousing curiosity
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Testily
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In an irritable way, angrily
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Pensively
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In a thoughtful manner
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Emaciated
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Very thin, skinny
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Morosely
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Sadly with low spirits
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Amiably
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In a friendly way or manner
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Underhanded
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Sly, dishonorable; crafty
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Dismally
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Sadly with low spirits
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Towheaded
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Light blonde
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Loitering
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Hanging around without a purpose
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Vigorously
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Energetically
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Indignant or Indignation
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Righteous anger
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Imperiously
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In a bossy way
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Discrimination
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Treating some people better than others without any fair or proper reason
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