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dun adj. |
cheerless
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convert n.
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thicket where animals can hide
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scurfy adj. |
with a surface deposit
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impervious adj.
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without feeling or response
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prefect n.
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student monitor in a private school
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demure adj.
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modest
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smut n. |
dirt
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taboo n.
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rule that makes something forbidden; imposed by social custom or norm
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corpulent adj. |
with a large bulky body
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succulent adj. |
juicy
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assimilating v.
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taking in and integrating
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purged v.
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cleaned; freed
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myopia n.
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near sightedness
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propitiating adj. |
appealingly; in order to regain favor
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truculently adv.
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with aggressive savagery
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parried v.
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ward off a blow
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inimical adj.
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hostile
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antiphonal adj.
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responses alternating from one group to another
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cordon n.
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a line of people set up to prevent passage through an area
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crepitating adj.
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crackling
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bravado n.
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foolhardiness
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sanctity n.
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holiness; inviolability
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palled v.
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grew uninterested
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pinnacles n.
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peaks; spires
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ululation n.
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howling |
