Hound Of The Baskervilles 6-9 Flashcards

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Austere

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Severe or strict in manner, altitude, or appearance

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Injunctions

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An authoritative warning or order

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Commutation

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Action or process of commuting a judicial sentence

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Malignancy

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Disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately

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Crenelated

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Furnished with crenelations, as a parapet or molding, in the manner of a battlement

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Balustrade

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A railing supported by balusters

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Mullioned

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A vertical member between the lights of a window

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Propitious

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Giving or indicating a good chance of success

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Undulating

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Move with a smooth wave like motion

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Lepidoptera

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Butterfly/moth

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Monolith

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A large single upright block of stone

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Approbation

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Approva, commendation

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Onerous

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Of a task, duty, or responsibility involving an amount of difficulty that is oppressively burdensome

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Litigation

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The process of taking legal action

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Neolithic

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Of or relating to the Stone Age

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Puritanical

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Practicing or affecting strict religious or moral behavior

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Furtive

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Attempting to avoid attending or notice

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Clandestine

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Kept secret or done secretively

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Skein

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A length of thread or yarn, loosed coiled and knotted

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Unmitigated

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Absolute, complete and total