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32 Cards in this Set
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cliff dwellers |
people who live in tall apartment buildings |
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broods |
thinks and worries about something for a long time |
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honky-tonk |
type of loud, cheap nightclub music |
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frenzied outbursts |
sudden, uncontrolled increase of music |
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cacophony |
loud mixture of unpleasant sounds |
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discordance |
musical notes that do not go together |
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fire apparatus |
fire engine or fire truck |
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bullying |
pushing rudely or forcefully |
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conflagration |
huge fire |
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bickering |
arguing about something that is not important |
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dwindle |
gradually become fewer |
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scavenging |
searching for things to eat |
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jarring |
shocking and unpleasant |
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frays |
tears |
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perpetuate |
continue |
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moment of suspension |
moment when everything stops |
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aviary |
large cage where birds are kept |
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surcease |
rest; relief |
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all-encompassing |
total |
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scurrying |
moving very quickly |
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intrusion |
unwanted interruption |
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agrarian |
relating to farming |
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moan |
make a long low sound expressing pain |
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creaking |
making a long high noise |
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magnified |
made louder |
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pasture |
land covered with grass |
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straddles |
sits on both sides of |
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choked |
filled |
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cottonwoods and willows |
types of trees |
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trickle |
thin slow flow of water |
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scraped |
cut |
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petroglyphs of the Anasazi |
pictures cut into the rocks by ancient Native American people |
