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36 Cards in this Set
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an immediate or remote offspring of a person
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descendant
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died
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perished
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bits of wreckage and rubble
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debris
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to look forward to
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anticipate
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in low spirits
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dejected
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form of speech spoken by a certain group
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dialect
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to excite; the interest and curiosity
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intrigue
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the oopposite happens rather than the expected
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ironic
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to change
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alter
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to find hard to beleive
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incredible
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a feeling of what is to come
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premonition
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a loud mixture of noises
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din
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unconquerable
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indomitable
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full of
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teeming
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forceful convincing speech
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eloquence
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open to people of all races or ethnic groups without restriction
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integrated
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separated by religion,race, opposite of integrated
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segragated
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thinking about different possibilities, guessing what might happen
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speculating
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unable of unwilling to believe the same thing
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incredulous
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final most important
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ultamate
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storm at sea
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tempest
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fighter
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combatant
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well known widely recognized
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prominate
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moving from place to place
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migrant
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something that must receive attention first
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priority
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to search throuly by moving contents about
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rummage
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something hannded down, an ancestor, or somthing from the past
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legacy
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deprived of strength made weak
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enfeebled
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the most impotant point or element
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crux
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having sympathy for the feelings of others
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compassionate
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draw together make shorter
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contract
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that which catches and hold the attention
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arresting
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slanting beam of a roof
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rafter
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twisting abouut in pain
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writhing
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walking wearily
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trudging
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resembling a giant downpour
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torrential
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