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Ere

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Before / (Preposition)

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Hardy

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To be capable of enduring difficult conditions / (Adj.)

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Cease

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Bring or come to an end / (Verb)

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Abode

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A house / (Noun)

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Dwindle

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To shrink / (Verb)

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Valiant

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To show courage / (Adj.)

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Haste

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Go in a hurry / (Noun)

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Valor

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Have great courage in face of danger / (Noun)

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Corporal

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Relates to the human body / (Adj.)

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Disdain

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Feeling that someone is unworthy of respect / (Noun)

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Implore

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Beg someone desperately to do something / (Verb.)

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Benevolence

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The quality of being kind / (Noun)

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Caustic

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To be sarcastic in a harsh way / (Adj.)

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Counten(f)a(ce)nce

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A person’s face or facial expression / (Noun)

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Bark

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A type of ship / (Noun)

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Covetous

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To want something belonging to someone else / (Adj.)

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Dirge

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A lament for the dead / (Noun)

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Incoherent

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To say something illogical / (Adj.)

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Incessant

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To never end / (Adj.)

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Destitute

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Extremely Poor / (Adj.)

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Soliloquy

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When someone says what they think out loud regardless of any hearers. (especially in plays)

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Thou/Thee

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dialect form of you

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Thy

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dialect form of your

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Thine

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dialect form of yours

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Simile

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Word that makes a comparison using like or as

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Metaphor

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Word used to compare two things that aren’t alike but have one thing in common

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Hyperbole

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A claim not meant to be taken literally