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7 Cards in this Set
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poignant
A sad season, nowhere more poignant than in the ghettos of England just then. |
painfully affecting the feelings
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palsy
The bandits were palsied with terror |
uncontrollable tremor
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Gascony
"By all means," said the Gascon. |
province of SW France, just north of the Pryrenees
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languorous
the bright fruit hung in the languorous heat. |
producing listlessness or indolence (languid)
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diffident
His very silences, his diffident hesitation, fought for him. |
hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
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stoat
I had to act the helpless rabbit, paralysed by the watching stoat. |
a weasel or ermine (vicious)
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inexorable
With the Toledo steal glinting in contrast, he moved inexorably towards me. |
not to be persuaded or stopped
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