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25 Cards in this Set
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Sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
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Pungent
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Sharp or biting to the taste or smell bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose.
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Acrid
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To smear, soil or defile
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Daubed
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A group of vehicles or ships that travel together for convenience of safety.
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Convoy
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Concern or worried about something.
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Dismay
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To put an end to; destroy; explode
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Demolished
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Any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability
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Ballast
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The seeking or obtaining of such food
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Foraged
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Waves created by passing ships
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Wake
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An often large, finely divided leaf, especially as applied to the ferns and certain palms.
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Fronds
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A ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc; fetter
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Shackled
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Resistance to or defiance of any authority, control, or tradition
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Rebellion
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To start up or burst out in sudden, fierce activity, passion
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Flared
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The throat
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Cullet
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A form of belief involving sorcery, practiced in parts of the West Indies, South America, the southern U.S., and Africa
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Obeah
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Faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body
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Malformation
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To burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery
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Cauterized
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To lose a lot of blood
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Hemorrhage
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Extremely sensitive even to slight details or impressions.
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Acute
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A lack of brain activity
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Vegetative
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Something that remains to discomfort or disable a person following an illness, injury, operation
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Residual
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Unable to act, respond
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Incapacitated
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Something positive
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Optimistic
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A small operation
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Procedure
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A person who wanders from place to place; wanderer; rover.
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Vagrant
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