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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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| fagots | bundles of sticks or twigs for firewood |
| hippogriffs | winged monster with the body of a horse |
| atrophying | wasting away, withering, drying up, decaying |
| enmity | animosity, hostility, ill-will, hatred, malice |
| trussed | securely bound or tied |
| obdurate | inflexible, stubborn, obstinate, unyeilding |
| consignees | agents who receive merchandise to sell |
| implicit | unquestioning, absolute, exact, certain, implied |
| gesticulating | gesturing, nodding, beckoning, signaling |
| inundated | deluged, engulfed, submerged, swamped, overburdened |
| rendezvous | meeting place, gathering place, focal point |
| prodigiously | enormously, exceptionally, rarely, inconceivably, monstrously, startlingly |
| lascivious | lewd, indecent, immoral, unwholesome, vulgar |
| wraiths | ghosts, apparitions, specters, phantoms, spooks |
| placate | appease, mollify, assuge, soothe, pacify |
| garrulous | loquacious, talkative, gossipy, wordy |
| commandeer | seize for military purposes, usurg, appropriate, seize, take |
| sedition | inciting rebellion, insurrection against lawful authority |
| sortie | single mission |
| sexton | church custodian, keeper, or janitor |
| billeted | assigned to quarters, put up in living space |
| inebriated | intoxicated, tipsy, drunk, under the influence |
| surfeited | overfilled, satiated, excessive, glutted, to satisfy fully |
| protegee | female pupil supported by influential patron or sponsor |
| alewives | fish similar to herring |
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