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12 Cards in this Set
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Knave |
A dishonest and untrustworthy person. |
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Stoop |
Lower someone’s moral standards so far to do something unethical. Craig wouldn’t stoop to thieving. |
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Sinew |
A tendon (a strong piece of tissue in your body connecting a muscle to a bone.) He strained every sinew in his body to help us but unfortunately, did not succeed. |
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Whelk |
A soft sea creature (similar to a snail) which lives in a very hard outer shell. |
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Peccary |
A pig-like mammal that is found from the southern-western US to Paraguay. |
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Scurvy |
An illness when you don’t have enough vitamin C in your body. He was thin and pale and his appearance suggested the strong likelihood of scurvy. |
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Smack |
A traditional fishing boat used off the coast of Britain and the Atlantic coast of America. |
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Uncanny |
Supernatural; strange and mysterious. He has an uncanny ability to pick a winner. |
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Scruffy |
Shabby, untidy and dirty. They live in a scruffy part of town. |
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Girdle |
A piece of underwear for women, worn around the waist or bottom, that stretches to shape the body. |
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Discord |
A lack of agreement or feeling of trust between people. The plan to build the highway created discord in our community. |
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Obscure |
Not known to many people. An obscure island in the Pacific. |
