White Heron vocab Flashcards

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Discreetly

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In a manner of showing good judgement; catiously

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Elusive

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Hard to catch or discover

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3
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Ponderous

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Very heavy; bulky

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4
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Squalor

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A filthy and wretched condition

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5
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Traverse

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To travel or pass acroos, over, or through

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Dilatory

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Tending to postpone or delay

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7
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Shoal

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Shallow

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8
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Shoal

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Shallow

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9
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Gravity

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Seriousness or importance

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10
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Hermitage

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Place where a hermit, or recluse, lives

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11
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Orthinologist

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One who studies birds

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12
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Divining

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Guessing

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13
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Premonition

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A sense that something will happen; forewarning

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14
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Design

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Plan or secretive scheme

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15
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Pettishly

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Crossly; irritably

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16
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Report

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Explosive noise