Hound Of The Baskervilles 10-15 Flashcards

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Pittance

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An inadequate amount of money

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Indelibly

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Permanently; in a way that cannot be removed or erased

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Almoner

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Social worker in a hospital

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Abhor

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To hate deeply, to regard with horror or loathing

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Reticent

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Silent; reserved

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Vigil

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On the alert; watchful

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Effigy

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A crude image of a despised person

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Dissuading

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To advise against something

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Indignation

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Anger as a result of something unjust

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Entomology

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The study of insects

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Irrevocable

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Incapable of being changed or called back

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Piteous

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Deserving or inciting pity

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Surmise

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To guess or conjecture

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Conjecture

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An inference based on guesswork

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Connoisseur

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A person with expert knowledge of discriminating taste

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Ruffianly

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A tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully

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Reverential

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Deeply respectful

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Inexorably

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Impossible to stop or prevent

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Quagmire

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An area of miry or boggy ground whose surface lays under the tread; a bog

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Miasmatic

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A dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere