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21 Cards in this Set
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blancmange
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a sweet, white pudding made with milk and cornstarch and flavored with vanilla.
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own up
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take responsibility for
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prefects
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the persons in charge at school
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reformitory
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reform school; school for punishment
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ranting
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to speak extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild way; rave
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maniac
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a crazy or overly excited person
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riveted
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to hold (the eye, attention, etc.) firmly.
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vast
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1.of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space.
2.of very great size or proportions; |
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teetered
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to move unsteadily.
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tomb
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a monument for housing or commemorating a dead person.
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serenity
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the state or quality of being calm, or tranquil;
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compelled
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to force, especially to do something
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vouch
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to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc
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delinquent
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a person who practices wrongful, illegal, or antisocial behavior.
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carbuncle
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something like a boil, but worse
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maggot
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a soft-bodied, legless larva (worm) of certain flies.
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brute
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1.a nonhuman creature; beast.
2.a brutal, insensitive, or crude person. |
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smoldering
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to display repressed feelings, like anger: to smolder with rage.
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malicious
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full of, characterized by, or showing evil; spiteful
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flypaper
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paper designed to destroy flies by catching them on its sticky surface
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clotted
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1. a mass or lump.
2.a semisolid mass, as of coagulated blood. |
