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20 Cards in this Set
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Tenants
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a person who occupies land
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Plush
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a rich fabric
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Alcove
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a recess
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Stubble
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cut stalks of grain plants left sticking out of the ground
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Gruesome
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causing repulsion or horror
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Hassock
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a thick, firmly padded cushion
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Pudgy
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informal
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Averted
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turn away
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Ample
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enough or more than enough
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Putrid
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decaying or rotting and emmoitting a horid smell
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Gaunt
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slim or thin
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Receding
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go or move back further away from position
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Meager
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lacking in quality or quantity
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Pyrotechnic
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of or relating to fireworks
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Beneficiary
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a person who derives advantage from something
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Coroner
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an official who investigates violent or suspicious deaths
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Aviator
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a pilot
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Convulsions
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a sudden, violent, irregular movement of a limb or the body
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Morbid
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characterized by or appealing to abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects
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Poise
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graceful and elegant bearing in a person
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