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Bay: a howl
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begrudge: to envy someone else's fortune
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bleary: unfocused or filmy
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bough: main branch of a tree
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bray: a loud harsh cry of a donkey or mule
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brier: a prickly plant or shrub
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bushel: a measure of capacity of 64 US pints, large amount
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Cache: something great or special that is hidden
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cantankerous: uncooperative, bad tempered
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clamber (v): to climb or move in an awkward way
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cleft: a split or sever
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commence: to begin, start
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contraption: A machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, often badly made or unsafe
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denomination: a religious group (esp a branch of Christianity)
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disciple: a follower of someone
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dismal: depressing, dreary
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distemper: disorderly
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exuberant: filled with energy
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gangrene: the localized death or decomposition of the body
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gizzard: the muscle part of a birds throat
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intolerable: unable to be endured
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laurel: any amount of shrubs or greens with glossy green leaves
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lope: to run or move with a long bounding stride
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meander: to follow a winding course
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miller: a person who works on or owns a place that grinds grain into flour
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mollify: to calm someone down, appease the anger of someone
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mull: to think about deeply
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nostalgia: a sentimental longing for the past
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pagan: a person holding religious beliefs not like other main religions
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pallet: a straw mattress
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partial: being inclined toward something
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proposition: A statement or assertion that expresses an opinion or judgment
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putrid: decaying rotten smell
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Recede: To go or move further away from previous position
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reconniter: make military observation of
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repentance: a feeling or expression of complete regret
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sapling: a young tree
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savage: fierce, violent, out of control
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sharecropper: A tenant farmer who gives a part of each of his crop as rent
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shiftless: characterized by laziness or lack of ambition
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stob: a stump or broken branch
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tallow: a hard fatty substance of animal fat usually used to make candles or soap
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tedious: long slow, dull
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thimble: metal plastic cup to protect someones finger when threading a needle for sewing
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thrifty: using money and resources carefully and not wastefully
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vittles: food or food supplies
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Ware: merchandise, pottery that has a specific use
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Whippoorwill: A North and Central American nightjar with a distinctive call