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39 Cards in this Set
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sledges
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sleighs
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crystalline
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clear crystal
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runic
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ancient
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tintinnabulation
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sound of a bell ringing
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euphony
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pleasant sound
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voluminously
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largely
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rapture
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delightful feeling
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impels
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pushes onward
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alarum
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alarm
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brazen
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rudely bold
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turbulency
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violent movement
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affright
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fear
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expostulation
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attempt at persuading
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resolute
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determined
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endeavor
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determined effort
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palpitating
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throbbing
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monody
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death song
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melancholy
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monotone
or sad, gloomy |
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monotone
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single note
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ghoul
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graveyard spirit
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paean
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song of triumph
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knells
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rings
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aptly
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completely
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dirges
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funeral songs
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divining
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speculating, conjecturing
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gloating
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exulting, celebrating
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censer
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a container in which incense is burned
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seraphim
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angels
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tufted
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decorated with feathery threads
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nepanthe
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a drink that makes one forget sorrow
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respite
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repose and rest
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quaff
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drink
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alliteration
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repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry
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metaphor
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comparison between 2 objects; no like or as
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onomatopoeia
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use of words that imitate sounds
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personification
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figure of speech which endows animals, idea, or inanimate objects with human traits
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simile
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comparison between two objects; uses like or as
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internal rhyme
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a rhyme within a line of poetry
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry
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