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25 Cards in this Set
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camaraderie
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n. mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a long time together
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jeered
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v. making rude remarks typically in a loud voice
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gruesome
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adj. causing repulsion or horror
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hoarding
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n. a large board in a public place, used to display advertisements
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liberate
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v. to set someone free
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jutting
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v. extend out, over or beyond
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attest
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v. provide or serve as clear evidence of
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gallows
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n. a structure typically of two uprights and a cross piece for the hanging of criminals
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reprimand
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v. rebuke someone
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perpetual
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adj. never ending or changing
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afoot
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adv. in preparation or progress
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vile
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adj. extremely unpleasant
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sedition
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n. conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch
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intemperate
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adj. lack of self-control
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noxious
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adj. harmful, poisonous, unpleasant
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garbled
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v. reproduced (message or transmission) in a confused and distorted way
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agape
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adj. wide open with surprise or wonder
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inferno
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n. large fire is dangerously out of control
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eaves
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n. part of a roof that meets or overhangs wall of the building
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kindling
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n. easily combustible small sticks or twigs used for starting a fire
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folderol
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n. foolishness
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reticule
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n. small bag. purse
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illuminations
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n. light or lighting
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spectacle
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n. a remarkable site
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insensible
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adj. lacking sensation
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