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Burrowing

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Denoting an animal that make holes to live in

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Benthos

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Flora and fauna of the sea floor

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Locus / loci

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A particular position or place where something is located.

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Dredging

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To clear a sea bed or river bed by scooping out mud.

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Debilitating

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Making someone or something very weak or unfirm

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To wax and wane

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The movement of the moon between new and full is waxing, waning is the full moon getting progressively smaller.

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Dearth

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A scarcity or lack of something

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Putative

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Generally considered or reputed to be

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Annals

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A record of events year by year

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Short shrift

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Rapid and unsympathetic dismissal

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Vestigial

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Forming a very small remnant of something that was once greater or more noticeable

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Tantalising

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Torment or tease someone with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable

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Subvert

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Undermine the authority of

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Plethora

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An abundance of something, an excessive amount

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Luddite

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A person opposed to new technologies or ways of working.

Originally band of English workers who destroyed machinery in cotton and wollen mills.

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Insatiable

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An appetite impossible to satisfy

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Quandary

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A set of perplexity or uncertainty what to do in a difficult situation

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Primordial

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Existing since the beginning of time

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Feline

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Relating to or affecting members of the cat family

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Murine

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Related to or affecting mice

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Kibble

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Ground meal shaped into pellets for food (particulalry for animals)

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Concoction

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A mixture of various ingredients or elements

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Devour

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Read quickly and eagerly

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Fleeting

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Lasting for a very short time

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Lest
With the intention of preventing something undesirable
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Dust-up
Fight or quarrel
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Brandish
Wave an object as a threat
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Indolence
Avoidance of activity or laziness
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To grouse
To complain about something trivial
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Irate
Feeling characterised by great anger
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Proclamation
Public or official announcement dealing with a matter of great importance
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Despair
To lose hope or to be without hope
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Inadvertent
Not a result of direct planning
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Histrionic
Excessively dramatic or thatrical in style
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Discern
Find out or recognize
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Falter
Lost strength or momentum
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Fend
Look after and provide for onself, without help from others
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Furore
Outbreak of public anger
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Nascent
Just coming into existence and showing and showing signs of future potential
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Bungling
The action of carrying out a task clumsily
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Botched
Carried out badly or carelessly
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Dwell
Live in or at a specified place
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Bode
Be a sign of a particular outcome
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Anthropogenic
Originating in human activity
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Edifice
A large imposing building
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Galleo
A ship in use in the 15th and 18th centuries
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Loaded to the gunwales
So as to be almost overflowing | Gunwale is the wooden upper plank of the edge of a ship
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Wherewithal
The money or other means needed for a particular purpose
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Viscous
Having a thick sticky consistency
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Contrived
Deliberately created
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Confounding
To cause surprise or confusion in someone
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Rousing
Exciting, stirring
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Cavernous
Cave-like
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Gnat
A small two-winged fly resembling a mosquito
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Gregarious
Sociable, fond of company
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Flint
A piece of hard rock that with metal can ignite a spark.
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High handed
Using power of authority without consideration for others.
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Hobble
To restrict activity or development of something OR Walk in an awkward way because of injury
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Rear its head
An unpleasant matter to present itself
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Encroach
Intrude into private territory
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Contempt
Disregard for something that should be considered
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Scant
Barely sufficient or adequate
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Prodigious
Remarkably or impressively great in extent
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To wallow
To indulge in an unrestrained way
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Falter
Lose strength or momentum
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Rekindle
Relight a fire
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Dearth
Scarcity or a lack of something
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Abound
Exist in large numbers or amounts
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Fraught with
Filled with (something undesirable)
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To don
To put on
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Ailment
An illness, typically a minor one
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Unpremeditated
Not thought out before
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Unbidden
Without having been commanded
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Sliver
A small thin piece of something
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Hubbib
A chaotic noise caused by a crowd of people
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Inopportune
Inconvenient or inappropriate time
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Ply
To travel regularly over a route
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Profusion
An abundance or large quantity of something
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To abandon onself to
To indulge in something
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Adept
Skilled or proficient
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Blinkered
Having or showing a narrow outlook (original word is the leather thing on horses eyes)
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Epoch
A particular time in history
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Hearth
Front part of a fireplace
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Insulat
Ignorant or uninterested in other cultures
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Anguish
Mental pain
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Jingoistic
Extreme patriotism
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Lacerating
Severely critical
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Polemic
Strong written attck
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Wrangle
Long and complicated argument
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Myopic
Short sighted
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Plinth
A heavy base supporting a statue
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Baffling
Impossible to understand
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Gangrene
Localised death of body tissue
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Antipodean
Relating to Australians or New Zealanders
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Peddling
Act of selling an illegal or stolen item
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Smart alec
A person who is irritating because they behave like they know everything
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Innocuous
Not harmful or offensive
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Raucous
Making a disturbingly loud noise (usually kids)
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Mawkish
Sentimental in an exaggareted way
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Bromide
A chemical Or A tired statement that is intended to soothe
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Eviscerate
Remove guts and prepare animal Or Deprive something of its essential content
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Snout
An animals nose, usually a mammal’s
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Albedo
Light transmitted by other planets
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Burnish
Polish a piece of metal
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Sheathe
Put a weapon (like a sword) into a leather case
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Sinuous
Having many curves and turns
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Bipedal
Using only two legs to walk
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Saurian
A large reptile, especially from dinosaurs
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Swashbuckling
Engaging in daring an d romantic adventures
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Embellishment
A decorative detail added to something to make it attractive

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