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39 Cards in this Set
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1)account(n) |
a record of events |
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2)brutes(n) |
beasts |
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3. chop away(phrase) |
to cut |
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4. crept up(phrase) |
to move towards something slowly |
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5. crounched( v) |
to bend one's knees in order to lower one's body |
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6.cyclone(n) |
a strong destructive storm |
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7. dented(v) |
to be injured |
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8. despairingly(adv) |
with desperation |
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9.discomfort(n) |
not at ease |
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10.ditch(n) |
a long channel dug in the earth |
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11.dotted with (phrase) |
decorated with |
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12.dreadful(adj) |
horrible |
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13.edge(n) |
on the border |
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14.eventful(adj) |
full of excitement |
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15.faintest(adj) |
very small |
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16.fierce (adj) |
extremely violent |
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17.first-rate(adj) |
of a fine quality |
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18.gloomy(adj) |
sad and depressing |
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19.gulf(n) |
a wide gap between the rocks |
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20.jagged(adj) |
sharp and uneven |
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21.mane(n) |
hair around a lion's neck |
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22)meadow(n) |
an area of land covered with grass |
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23.monstrous(adj) |
that looks like a monster |
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24.panted(v) |
quick breathing |
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25. queer(adj) |
weird and different |
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26. shaggy(adj) |
unkept and rough with long, thick hair |
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27.snarling(v) |
an expression to show anger |
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28. spring( v) |
to jump |
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29. steep(adj) |
a nearly vertical slope |
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30.tremble(v) |
to shiver |
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31. whisked(v) |
to move quickly |
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32. wizard(n) |
a man who practices magic |
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33.leap |
jump to a great height |
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34. terribly(adv) |
very badly |
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35. anxious(adj)- |
feeling or showing worry or nervousness |
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36.swiftly(adv) |
quickly |
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37. fantasy(n) |
a creation of the imaginative faculty whether expressed or merely conceived |
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38. beasts(n) |
a large animal |
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39. whispered(v) |
to speak very quietly into somebody's ear |