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63 Cards in this Set
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transgression
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to do wrong; sin
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bow
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the front of the boat
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stern
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the back of the boat
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port
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left side of the boat when facing forward
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starboard
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right side of the boat when facing the front
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fissure
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crack
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flanked
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on the side of something
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reconnoiter
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to search; scout out
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desolation
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wasteland
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omnivore
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eats everything
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ordeal
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a very stressful event
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primitive
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lacking modern devices
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veranda
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porch
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lacerated
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cut up
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cayuse
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a horse
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uncowed
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unafraid
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swarthy
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dark complection
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ravenous
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extremely hungry
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leeward
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sheltered side (of an island, for instance)
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din
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loud noise
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dubious
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doubtful, not trusting or believing
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malingerer
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lazy, slow to do work
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morose
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depressed; down in the dumps
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callow
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immature; lacking experience
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superflous
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totally unnecessary
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malignant
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harmful, destructive
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convalescence
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recovery, healing time
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incoherent
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not understandable
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salient
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important
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uncowed
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unafraid
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swarthy
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dark complection
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ravenous
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extremely hungry
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festering
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decaying
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convulse
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tremble; shake violently
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entrails
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guts; large and small intestines
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resonate
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vibrate same way as something else
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parameters
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boundaries
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innate
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instinctive; something you're born with
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stroboscope
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flashing light
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primordial
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at the beginning of everything
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exodus
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to leave
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juggernaut
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unstoppable force
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fetid
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rotting, stinking
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incredulous
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not believing; doubting
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implacable
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unmoving, unchanging
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basilica
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big church
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haggling
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bargaining to agree on a price
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meticulous
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precise
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foreshadowing
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hints given in a story
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surreptitiously
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secretly, by stealth
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impassively
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without any reaction
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versatile
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having many uses
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quay
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a group of docks for ships; port
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averted
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turned away
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pestilence
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plague, disaster
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pox
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sickness, open sore
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till
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cash register
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articulate
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well spoken, large vocabulary
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flaccid
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soft, floppy
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swooned
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fainted
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pliant
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flexible
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harbinger
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messenger
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privy
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outhouse
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