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30 Cards in this Set
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ensconced
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settled comfortably
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laborious
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requiring much work
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enmity
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hatred
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fortnight
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two weeks
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machinations
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scheming to do harm; a crafty attempt to do evil
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spinney
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a thicket; a small wooded area with undergrowth
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scullery
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a room for storing and cleaning dishes and kitchen utensils
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vivacious
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lively; animated
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apathy
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lack of interest; indifferent
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parasitical
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living off others without making any useful contribution
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chaff
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seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed during threshing' something relatively worthless
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arable
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fir for plowing
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taciturn
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speaking very little
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cryptic
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secret; mysterious
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indefatigable
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tireless
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ignominious
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disgraceful, shameful
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tractable
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easily managed or controlled
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posthumous
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after death
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impromptu
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done without preparation
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eloquence
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power to convince by speaking
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filial
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of a son or daughter
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capitulate
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surrender on curtain terms, give into
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tyranny
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absolute power by a single ruler
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morose
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gloomy; sullen
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retinue
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a group of attendants
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malignity
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malice; extreme hatred
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demeanor
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the way a person looks and acts
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knacker
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a buyer of worn-out domestic animals or their carcasses for use as animal food or fertilizer
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repose
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to be at rest
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leery
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suspicious or mistrustful of
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