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71 Cards in this Set
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Nettles
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Plants covered with stinging hairs.
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Thicket
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A dense growth of small trees.
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Greatcoat
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A large, heavy overcoat.
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Promontory
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A high point of land projecting into a body of water.
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Knights-errant
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Travelers in search of adventure to prove their military prowess or generosity.
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Terrace
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A level paved or planted area next to a building.
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Dais
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A raised platform in a large room or hall.
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Peninsula
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A piece of land nearly surrounded by water.
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Reproachful
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Showing disapproval.
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Coronet
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A smaller crown usually signifying a lesser rank.
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Carbuncle
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A type of red precious stone.
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Coronation
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The act of ceremony of crowing a king or queen.
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Solemn
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Gloomy or serious
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Perished
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Ruined; destroyed.
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floundered
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blundered
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obliged
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grateful
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ancestor
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forefather
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buskins
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boots
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battlements
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parapets
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bustle and pother
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commotion
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courtiers
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attendants
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contrive
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devise
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satchel
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sack
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quavering
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trembling
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Heaths
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wastelands
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Wolds
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Unforested rolling plains.
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feeble
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lacking strength; weak; inadequate
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defiling
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Polluting; making filthy.
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Savory
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Pleasing to taste or smell.
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sorties
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Assaults from a defensive position.
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A Shrill voice is
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sharp and piercing
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If someone is described as flighty, it means that he is
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silly or scatterbrained
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seneschal
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a steward in charge of his lord's estate.
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To be pompous mean to be
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full of self importance.
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hauberk is a type of
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chain mail armor
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A smithy is a workshop where
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Vegetables are canned.
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Anything described as subterranean is found
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underground
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To speak contemptuously is to
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show disrespect
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A martial mouse is a
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warrior mouse
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A valiant mouse is a
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courageous mouse
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Sentinel
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a sentry; someone that keeps guard over something.
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Brunt
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the main impact or force
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dotard
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a person (usually elderly) whose mental faculties have deteriorated.
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rheumatics
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conditions of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, or nerves, characterized by discomfort and disability
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cantrips
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magic spells or tricks
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effusion
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outpouring
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levied
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to declare and wage a war
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monomachy
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a duel
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jackanapes
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a mischievous child; a conceited or impudent person.
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effrontery
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brazen boldness; presumptuousness
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Tyrant
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despot, dictator, oppressor
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Gaunt
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lean, scrawny, skinny, emaciated, wasted
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Parley
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confer, speak, consult, converse, talk
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fell (adjective)
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fierce, cruel, grim, savage, ferocious
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dastard
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coward, quitter, chicken
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lily-livered
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cowardly, craven, gutless, chicken
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All of the dogs on the block were _________ loudly when the storm sirens went off.
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baying
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His golf ball landed right behind a _____ of grass.
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tussock
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She threaded the vegetables onto the sharp _____, then placed them onto the grill.
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skewers
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The invading army rushed over the castle ______ to attack the tower.
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ramparts
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The _____ at the birthday party sang loud enough to wake up the neighbors.
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revelers
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Her yard was neat and ____, and the gardens were properly weeded and watered.
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prim
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The rising water _____ over the dike and flooded the street next to the river.
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surged
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They carried the princess in an ornately decorated _____ so that her feet would never have to touch the muddy ground.
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litter
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He struggled to wear a ______ of composure as her read the names of the missing.
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countenance
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He planted the tender seedlings in the rich, brown ______ of his garden.
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loam
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The board of _____ governed the sale and import of goods between the two nations.
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commerce
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In a show of pride and arrogance, she _______ at the slower runners as she sprinted toward the finish line.
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jeered
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"He's been a brick"
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He's been a helpful and reliable person.
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"Hammer and tongs"
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with tremendous energy and effort.
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"Its not canny."
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It's weird, unsettling, not natural.
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