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37 Cards in this Set
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gloating
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boasting
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illusion
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false image
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adhered
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attached to
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barnacle
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small shellfist that grows on rocks and bottoms of ships
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cement
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a material that holds things together
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decency
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respectful concern for doing the right thing
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deftly
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skillfully
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deliberately
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slowly, carefully
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filtered
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passed through
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flurry
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a rush of activity
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flutes
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long, round holes
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frilly
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decorated like a lace border
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gleam
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a bright light
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haze
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a condition in the air similar to light fog
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howled
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cried loudly
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hummock
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a small hill or mound
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illusion
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an idea that is not real
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incandesence
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a bright shining light
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instinctively
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in a way that is done from feeling instead of knowledge
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irritate
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annoy, bother
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melody
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a song
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nibble
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take small bites
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oxygen
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a gas in the air which living things need
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pearlers
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people who look for pearls
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perceptible
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capable of being seen
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poison
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a substance that may hurt or kill people, animals or plants
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poultice
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a mixture of herbs placed on the body as medicine
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receding
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lessening
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be refined
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be made finer, be improved
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be reluctant
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not wanting to do something
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rigid
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stiff
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scuttling
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moving quickly
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shrilled
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made a high-pitched sound
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speculatively
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in an uncertain way
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be steadied
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be made firm
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strewn
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scattered
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be subsided
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became less strong
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