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25 Cards in this Set
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batter
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a liquid mixture of flour,eggs and milk for making cake,to damage or injure by hard blows
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hesitate
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to pause or be slow to act
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willowy
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easy to bend and spring back in to place,describes someone who is slim,graceful,and elegant
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pasture
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land for grazing,grass-covered, food for livestock
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douse
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extinguish something,fire,light especially with water
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hardy
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robust,not sensitive to cold,plants able to live outdoors in winter,tough and can survive under difficult conditions
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sow
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to scatter seed over the ground so they will grow,female pig
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prey
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animals hunted by other animals for food,someone who is attacked or treated cruelly with unfair treatment from someone else
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brawny
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power and strength,muscular
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dough
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sticky mixture of flour,water and other ingredients
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pause
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stop breifly
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lively
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active,enthusiastic,full of movement,bouncy
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hutch
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cage,wire and wood,shelter for keeping small animals,a china cabinet,open at the top to display dishes
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loot
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stolen goods,money taken,spoils,money or goods of war taken
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dainty
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delicate,pretty,graceful,petite
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pantry
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place for storing food,small room for storing food
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trickle
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flow slowly in a thin stream,move slowly or gradually
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festive
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cheerful,relating to celebrate
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quarry
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open area for mining stone or rocks or other materials extracted from blasting,someone or something that is chased or hunted by another
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botch
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badly done job,do something badly out of clumsiness or lack of care
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somber
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dark and melancholy mood or occasion,sadness,troubled state of mind
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mine
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an excavated area from which minerals,ore,are taken out or extracted
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nudge
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to push or poke somebody gently
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scattered
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dispersed,sprinkled
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ram
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male sheep,strike something with great force
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