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70 Cards in this Set
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Academic
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When talking about a person means a member of a instutution of learning.
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Intrigued
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To arouse the interest, desire, or curiosity of.
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Celluloid
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A tough flammable thermoplastic composed essentially of cellulose nitrate and camphor.
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Brooch
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An ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck.
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Heirloom
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Something of special value handed on from one generation to another.
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Elocution
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A style of speaking especially in public
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Gangling
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Loosely and awkwardly built.
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Haunches
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The rear of someone or something.
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Dawdle
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To be lazzy or listless.
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Shrine
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A case, box, or receptacle; especially : one in which sacred relics (as the bones of a saint) are deposited.
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Raucous
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Disagreeably harsh or strident.
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Irked
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To make weary, irritated, or bored.
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Vigorous
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Full of physical or mental strength or active force.
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Bluntly
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Abrupt in speech or manner.
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Impetuous
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Marked by impulsive vehemence or passion.
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Meek
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Induring injury with patience and without resentment.
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Plod
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To work laboriously and monotonously.
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Chambers
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A natural or artificial enclosed space or cavity.
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Foundations
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A basis (as a tenet, principle, or axiom) upon which something stands or is supported.
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Habitations
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A dwelling place.
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Nonchalantly
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: having an air of easy unconcern or indifference
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Belligerent
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inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness
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Destined
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to direct, devise, or set apart for a specific purpose or place
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Bottoms
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the surface on which a body of water lies
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Slough
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a place of deep mud or mire
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Shinnying
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to move oneself up or down something vertical (as a tree) especially by alternately hugging it with the arms or hands and the legs
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Frescoes
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the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments
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Eaves
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the lower border of a roof that overhangs the wall -- usually used in plural
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Lament
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to express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively
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Savory
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Piquantly pleasant to the mind.
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Furrowed
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Grooves, wrinkles, or lines.
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Minor
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Inferior in importance, size, or degree.
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Enusing
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To take place afterward or as a result.
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Ravines
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Small rivers
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Torrents
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A violent stream of a liquid.
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Perpendicular
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Standing at right angles to the plane of the horizon : exactly upright.
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Treadmill
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A mill worked by persons treading on steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis and used formerly in prison punishment.
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Treacherous
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Very dangerous
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Enraptured
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To fill with delight.
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Debris
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Ashes or tiny leftovers.
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Resistance
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To restrain
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Bungalow
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A one-storied house with a low-pitched roof; also : a house having one and a half stories and usually a front porch.
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Veranda
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A usually roofed open gallery or portico attached to the exterior of a building.
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Cowered
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To shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays.
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Fledglings
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Baby birds
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Scornfully
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Full of scorn
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Masonary
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Something constructed of materials used by masons.
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Consolation
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The act or an instance of consoling.
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Scuttled
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To cut a hole through the bottom, deck, or side of (a ship); specifically : to sink or attempt to sink by making holes through the bottom.
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Interwoven
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To weave together.
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Shrill
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To utter or emit an acute piercing sound.
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Sqaulling
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To fight or argue.
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Alighting
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To come down from something (as a vehicle.)
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Cunning
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Quick witted and fast
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Coaxed
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Pursudaded
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Rudder
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A propeller of a boat
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Grappling
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To seize with or as if with a grapple.
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Skeptical
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Relating to, characteristic of, or marked by skepticism.
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Migratory
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Of, relating to, or characterized by migration.
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Formidable
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Causing fear, dread, or apprehension .
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Naturalists
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One that advocates or practices naturalism.
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Conservationists
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A person who advocates conservation especially of natural resources .
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Madrona
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Any of several evergreen trees (genus Arbutus) of the heath family; especially : one (A. menziesii) of the Pacific coast of North America with smooth red bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries.
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Indelible
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That cannot be removed, washed away, or erased b: making marks that cannot easily be removed <an indelible pencil>
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Wile
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A trick or stratagem intended to ensnare or deceive; also : a beguiling or playful trick
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Coyly
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Showing reluctance to make a definite commitment
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Miffed
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To put into an ill humor
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Trill
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To flow in a small stream or in drops
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Ambled
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To go at or as if at an amble
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Recess
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1:The action of receding : recession
2:A hidden, secret, or secluded place or part |