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Hesitate
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to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
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Hatchet
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A small,short -handled ax having the end of the head opposite the blade in the form of a hammer,made to be used with one hand.
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Persistent
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persisting, especially in spite of opposition, obstacles, discouragement, etc.; persevering: a most annoyingly persistent young man.
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Pity
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sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy: to feel pity for astarving child
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Abate
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to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
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Altimeter
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a sensitive aneroid barometer that is graduated and calibrated, used chiefly in aircraft for finding distance above sea level, terrain, or some other reference point by a comparison of air pressures.
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Amphibious
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living or able to live both on land and in water; belonging to both land and water
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Convulse
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to shake violently; agitate. to cause to shake violently with laughter, anger, pain, etc. to cause to suffer violent, spasmodic contractions of the muscles
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Eddy
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Tomove against the main current or in a circle
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Bushplane
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Airplane senving undeve,loped parts of a contry
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