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34 Cards in this Set
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Abomination
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n. Something that is viewed with horror ot that is intensely hated
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benevolent
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adj. good or disposed to do good
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deftly
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adj. done with dexterity or skill
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entrails
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n. intestines or other inner organs
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espy
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v. to catch sight of
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feign
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v. to pretend; create a false apperance
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grandee
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n. a man of elevated rank of station
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harbinger
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n. forerunner; one who is sent ahead to prepaer for the ones who will follow
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kite
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n. a small hawk with long narrow wings and often a notched or forked tail
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mortar
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n. a strong vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pesle
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oracle
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n. a person though whom a deity speaks
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pottage
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n. a thick soup of vegetables that often contains meat
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pulsation
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n. a rhythmic throbbin
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rebuke
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v. to criticize sharply or reprimand
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stammer
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v. to speak in a faltering or stumbling way
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tendril
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n. a twisting, threadlike structure by which a twining plant grasps an object or another plant for support
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uncanny
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adj. eerie, mysterious or weird
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amiss
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adj. imperfect; fauly; gone wrong
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brandish
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v. to shake or wave an object in a menacing way
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cunning
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n. skill in deception
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delectable
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adj. delicious or delightful
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esoteric
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adj. intened fir or understood by an elite or small group
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forsook
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v. to have renounced or turned away from
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gnash
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v. to grind or strike one's teeth together
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impenetrably
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adj. withouth possibility of being penetrated
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lamenation
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n. an act of mourning or sorrow
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malevolence
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n. the quailty of vicious ill will
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pandemonium
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n. palce of uproar
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quaver
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v. to tremble
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saltpeter
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n. sodium nitrate, a white crystalline compound
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sediment
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n. a deposit; mattter that settles at the bottom of liquid
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tremulous
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adj, characterized by tremors; shaky
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tumult
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n, a noisy disorder produced by a crowd
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voluble
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adj. talkative
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