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Tom Sawyer Vocab Flashcards

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material for starting a fire

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kindling

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confused

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perplex

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okay

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middling

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fully detailed and specific

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circumstantial

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liveliness and eagerness

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alacrity

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pleasantly warm

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balmy

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importance

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eminence

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criticism

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reproach

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not in agreement or harmony

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discordant

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calm, peacful

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tranquil

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lying across

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transverse

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written matter repeated from memory

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recitation

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usual

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customary

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lots of work

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laborious

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enticing

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seductive

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enthusiastic, vigorous

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relish

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rich

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fertile

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worried

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wary

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amusing in tone

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facetious

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spit

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expectorate

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a person who is rejected

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pariah

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quiet, secretive

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furtive

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next

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succession

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happiness in one’s life

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contentment

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a metal support for logs in a fireplace

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andiron

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a slight wind

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zephyr

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enter uninvited

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intrude

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not able to be satisfied

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unappeasable

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incapable of failure or error

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infallible

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recognizable

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perceptible

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the power of creative imagination

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ingenuity

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to hold back

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oppress

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sprinkle

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spangle

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hobo, continually changing

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vagrant

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worried or nervous

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apprehensive

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a building

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facility

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feeling nobility

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sublimity

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mournful

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lugubrious

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beat severely

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flog

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after, delayed

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belated

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overly impress someone

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ostentation

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hesitate

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waver

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believable

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plausible

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irritating

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irksome

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new

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newfangled

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confusion

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consternation

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desolation

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blight

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sad

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crestfallen

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to happen

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transpire

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far and distant

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remote

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a planned meeting

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rendezvous

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a high steep bank, to fake people out

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bluff

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fearless

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dauntless

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to steal

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purloin

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to thrust outward

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obtrude

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very intense and uncontrolled fire

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conflagration

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being overwhelmed by emotion

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rapture

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extremely hungry

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ravenous

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serious

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gravity

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no result

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unavailing

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a sandbank

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shoal

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a guess

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conjecture

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comfort

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console

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someone who pays rent

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tenant

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rich and superior in quality

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sumptuos

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to overthrow

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mutinous

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pouty

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sullen

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showing sadness

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wistfully

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someone new

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novice

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end

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culminate

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a feeling of sadness

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melancholy

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sad

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dismal

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important

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distinction

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a large entrance

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vestibule

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over spend

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lavish

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beat, defeat

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vanquish

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a collection of live animals

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menagerie

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very annoying

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insufferable

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a particular area

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vicinity

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uncertain how to act

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irresolute

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keep talking quickly

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prattle

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depressing

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dreary

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showing skill

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ingenious

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a cherished desire

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ambition

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sluggishness

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lethargy

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become active

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rouse

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lacking spirit

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lanquid

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hit hard

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smote

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strip the skin off

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flay

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not in action

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idle

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seek revenge

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vindictive

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a deserved penalty

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retribution

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VIP

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dignitary

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provide evidence

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manifest

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very common

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prevalent

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habitual

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inveterate

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inpeaceful

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tempestuous

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royal things worn

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regalia

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unstable

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fluctuate

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lacking harmony

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incongruous

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dangerous

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treacherous

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bound to happen

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invariably

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capable of being believed

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credible

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has changeableness

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fickle

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extremely impressive

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formidable

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very wise

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omniscient

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having a lot

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abundance

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mop up

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swab

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lie in wait

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lurk

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indicative of death

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sepulchral

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where ships dock

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berth

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not neatly combed

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unkempt

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shack

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shanty

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a favorable omen

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auspice

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a promise

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resolution

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save

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economize

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capable of being detected

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palpable

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put down by force

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subdue

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a watch guard

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sentry

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a contract to hire

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charter

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brave

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gallant

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a deep opening in the Earth

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chasm

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smudge

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daub

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weakness

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ague

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affording no reassurance

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precarious

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white

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blanched

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quick and energetic

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brisk

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echoes

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reverberation

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an owner of a business

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proprietor

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a feeling of strong eagerness

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zeal

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under the surface

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subterranean

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passageway

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corridor

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move apart

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diverge

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offend

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appall

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the difference of one’s opinion

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dissent

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be a sign of something to come

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bode

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nevertheless

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withal

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2 weeks

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fortnight

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a protecting covering

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sheath

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offensively loud

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clamorous

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enthusiasm

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effusive

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a formal praise

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laudation

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lacking taste

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insipid

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