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20 Cards in this Set
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A place of residence |
Residential meaning |
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"After all it wasn't anything to get excited about, just another dogfight in the residential section." |
Residential sentence |
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not active for the time being |
dormant meaning |
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"It's strange indeed how memories can lie dormant in a man's mind for so many years." |
dormant sentence |
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Scarcely, with difficulty |
sparsely meaning |
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"The country was new and sparsely settled." |
Sparsely sentence |
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to shout or cry loudly |
bawling meaning |
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"My sisters started bawling and yelling for Mama." |
bawling sentence |
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to go about stealthfully in search of something important |
prowl meaning |
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"... to prowl where the fisherman had camped." |
prowl sentence |
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to shake tremendously |
quavering meaning |
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"In a quavering voice he said, ..." |
quavering sentence |
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shallow part of a stream |
riffle meaning |
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"I crossed the river at a riffle." |
riffle sentence |
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a plant having usually woody thornes |
briers meaning |
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"My bare feet were getting sore from the flint rocks and saw briers." |
briers sentence |
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heavy iron block used to make something out of metal |
anvil meaning |
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"I felt a hand as big as an anvil clamp on my shoulders." |
anvil sentence |
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a supply or stock of something provided |
provisions meaning |
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"On the outskirts of town, I stopped and picked up a can and my provisions." |
provisions sentence |
