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35 Cards in this Set
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Aloft |
up in or into the air; |
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Belfry |
the part of a bell tower or steeple in which bells are housed. |
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Muffle |
wrap or cover for warmth. |
The sound was low because it was covered |
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Mooring |
a place where a boat or ship is moored |
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Phantom |
A ghost |
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Muster |
assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle |
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Barrack |
provide (soldiers) with accommodations in a building or set of buildings. |
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Tramp |
walk heavily or noisily. |
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Grenadier |
a soldier armed with grenades or a grenade launcher. |
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Stealthy |
behaving, done, or made in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard |
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Somber |
dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy |
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Steep |
(of a slope, flight of stairs, angle, ascent, etc.) rising or falling sharply; nearly perpendicular. |
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Sentinel |
a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch. |
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Tread |
walk in a specified way |
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Impetuous |
acting or done quickly and without thought or care. |
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Girth |
the measurement around the middle of something, especially a person's waist |
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Spectral |
Like a ghost |
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Glimmer |
shine faintly with a wavering light |
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Gleam |
shine brightly, especially with reflected light |
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Limber |
(of a person or body part) lithe; supple. |
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Fleet |
a group of ships sailing together, engaged in the same activity, or under the same ownership. |
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Kindle |
light or set on fire |
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Tranquil |
free from disturbance |
Calm |
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Alder |
a widely distributed tree of the birch family that has toothed leaves and bears male catkins and woody female cones. |
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Aghast |
filled with horror or shock. |
I was so scared |
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Pierce |
Go into something |
The knife pierced the meat |
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Defiance |
open resistance; bold disobedienc |
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Peril |
Serious danger |
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Gilded |
covered thinly with gold leaf or gold pain |
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Characterization |
the creation or construction of a fictional character. |
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Point of view |
particular attitude or way of considering a matter. |
I told the story in my point of view rhyme scheme |
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Rhyme scheme |
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse |
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Rhyme |
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry. |
Cat hat and bat all rhymes |
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Central idea |
The most important part of a passage |
The central idea is that Boy Scouts are helpful |
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Metaphor |
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. |
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