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53 Cards in this Set
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Coveted
verb |
to want intensely.
She received the award she had coveted for so long. The horns of the animal are coveted as trophies by hunters. |
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cakle
verb |
to laugh or speak with such a sound.
Grandmother cackled with delight when she won the card game. |
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cringe
verb |
to crouch or shrink back, usu. in fear; cower
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veer
verb |
to crouch or shrink back, usu. in fear; cower
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lurch
noun |
to crouch or shrink back, usu. in fear; cower
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contradiction
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to crouch or shrink back, usu. in fear; cower
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meek
adjetive |
doing what others want; not standing up for oneself; tame.
The meek child always did as he was told. |
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careen
noun |
the act of swaying while in swift forward motion.
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woozy
adjetive |
informal) dazed or confused
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hooodlum
noun |
a rough young man who gets into trouble.
The windows were broken by hoodlums. |
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bolevard
noun |
a wide city street, often with trees planted along its sides.
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squeamish
noun |
too easily shocked or offended in matters of morality or principles.
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disdainful
adjitive |
feeling or showing scorn, contempt, or aloofness.
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befuddle
verb |
to confuse or mislead.
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bewilder
verb |
to confuse or puzzle
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spew
verb |
to be thrown out with force or in large amounts.
Words spewed out of her. |
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misery
noun |
a condition in which one is very unhappy or suffers very much.
She was in misery when her house burned down. |
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amble
verb |
a condition in which one is very unhappy or suffers very much.
She was in misery when her house burned down. |
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squirm
verb |
to twist the body about; wriggle.
The boy squirmed in his chair because he had to go to the bathroom. |
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skirt
verb |
to avoid or evade
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armory
noun |
heraldry or the art of blazoning arms in heraldry
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quadruple
verb |
quadrupled, quadruples, quadrupling
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restraint
noun |
the act or process of restraining oneself or others.
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groggy
adjetive |
dazed, confused, or off-balance as a result of a blow or fall, anesthesia, or the like.
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rump
noun |
the human buttocks
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gesture
noun |
any action intended for its effect or value as nonverbal communication.
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clumsy
adjetive |
without physical grace or control; awkward.
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gizzard
noun |
an enlarged, muscular portion of the digestive tract of birds in which partially digested food is finely ground with the aid of abrasive particles.
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scenario
noun |
a hypothesized set of circumstances or course of action.
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flotsam
noun |
discarded items; litter
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carcass
noun |
the body of a dead animal
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oblivious
adjetive |
lacking any recollection; forgetting or forgetful
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scowl
verb |
to make an angry frown.
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flinch
verb |
to draw away suddenly in pain or fear.
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intercept
verb |
to stop or take hold of; interrupt the movement or progress of
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monkeyshine
noun |
a playful, teasing, or mischievous prank or trick.
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silhouette
noun |
any dark figure seen against a light background, so that details are hard to see.
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dilemma
noun |
a situation that requires a choice between two actions, neither of which will be a good solution.
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snicker
verb |
to laugh in a sly and partly restrained way.
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apparent
adjetive |
seeming to be so at first observation, but not necessarily so; ostensible.
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humane
adjetive |
showing kindness or mercy
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impish
adjetive |
of or like an imp, esp. in behavior; mischievous.
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devastate
verb |
to destroy or ruin
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rodent like
noun |
a small mammal with long front teeth used for gnawing. Many kinds of rodents are found all over the world. Rodents include rats, mice, hamsters, porcupines, chinchillas, guinea pigs, squirrels, prairie dogs, gophers, woodchucks, and beavers.
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muffle
verb |
to wrap or cover so as to protect or keep warm
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audible
adjetive |
heard or able to be heard.
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upthrust
noun |
a thrust in an upward direction.
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fusillade
noun |
a continuous or simultaneous discharge of many firearms.
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compartment
noun |
a part or area of something that is divided off as a section of the whole.
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reconstitute
verb |
to put together or constitute again, esp. to add water to a powdered or dehydrated substance to restore it to liquid
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amble
verb |
to walk at a slow, easy pace
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throttle
noun |
a pedal, lever, handle, or the like that opens or closes such a valve.
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gorge
verb |
to fill with too much food; stuff.
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