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14 Cards in this Set
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Skittering
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skid lightly across something
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stilted
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stiffy dignified or formal, pompous
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Bindle
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a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions carried by a hobo
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Morosely
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gloomy sullenly, as in a person or a mood
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Resignedly
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wearily, tiredly, as in delivering information with a sigh
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Brisquely
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blunt in manner, abrubt
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pantomime
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the art of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc. through gestures without speech
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Imperiously
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domineering in a haughty manner, overbearing, overworking
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Anguished
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feeling, showing, or accompanied by suffering or distress
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Ominously
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threateningly
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absorbedly
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attentively, deeply interested or involved
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slough
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deep, muddy, hole or swampy area
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plaintively
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sad-sounding
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Brittle
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fragile or easily broken
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