Chapter 4 Poem Flashcards

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DEFY

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To resist or to challenge

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BAFFLEMENT

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Total confusion

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SCOTLAND YARD

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The headquarters of London Metropolitan Police Service

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FLYING SQUAD

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A police force ready to plunge into action

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LEVITATION

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The action of rising and floating in air

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FAKIR

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A holy person who lives on alms and has the power to levitate

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GINGER

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Alert and cautious

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FIEND

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Demon

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FELINE

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Cat

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DEPRAVITY

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Evil quality

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LARDER

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Cupboard for storing food

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RIFLE

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Ransack to steal

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PEKE

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A Pekinese dog

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STIFLE

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To suppress someone from acting

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TRELLIS

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Wooden bar used as a support for creepers

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ADMIRALIRY

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A Government Department that administered the British Navy

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DECEITFULNESS

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Cunningness

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SUAVITY

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Confidence and sophistication

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ALIBI

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A claim of evidence that one was elsewhere when a crime was committed

20
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MUNJORRIE AND GRIDDLEBONE

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Fictional characters specialised in petty thefts and mischief in TS Elliot’s book ‘Old Possom’s Book of Practical Cats’

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NAPOLEAN OF CRIME

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The commanding leader of criminals