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18 Cards in this Set
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nonperishable
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A food which can't be spoiled
- adjective |
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desolation
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When there is nothing substantial around to live off of
- noun |
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gaunt
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someone who is skinny from not eating
- adjective |
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beseech
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begging; pleading
- verb |
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retaliate
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revenge; get back at someone
- verb |
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urchin
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small annoying child - living on the street
- noun |
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autopsy
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surgery on a dead body, (person or animal) to see how they died
- noun |
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carrion
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rotting body (an animal_
- noun |
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prone
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lying down
- verb |
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poleax
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to hit something like a bat hits a ball
- verb |
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clotted
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gets blocked; stop
- verb |
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wiseacre
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a person with an affectation of wisdom or knowledge; regarded with scorn or irritation by others; a know-it-all
- noun |
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testimony
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a formal written spoken statement
- noun |
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hoagie
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a sandwich made of a long roll typically filled with meat, cheese, and vegetables such as lettuce, tomato, and onions
- noun |
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leer
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look or gaze in an unpleasant, malicious or lascivious way
- verb |
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pommel
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a rounded knob on the end of the handle of a sword, dagger, or old-fashioned gun
- noun |
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deputize
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make (someone) a deputy
- verb |
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mammoth
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a large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene epoch, typically hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks
- noun |