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Mangy
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It was just a mangy animal |
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Definition
Having many worn spots; shabby
Rundown and filthy; squalid |
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Term
Venomous
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Spewing a barrage of venomous curses, he took the blanket garvy had given him and flung it to the ground. |
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Definition
secreting venom; capable of injecting venom
by means of a bite or sting.Dangerous,
threatening, or willing to hurt. |
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Term
wallow
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The heavy load of supplies caused the skiff to wallow through the waves. |
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Definition
| To move with difficulty in a clumsy or rolling manner; flounder. |
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Term
Sparse
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Several weekes earlier, Edwin ,the Tligit elder from Drake,had built a sparse one room wood shelter for Cole on the island. |
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Definition
| Thinly disspersed or scaterred. |
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Term
Scrounged
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He dug carfully with a stick until he found hot coals, ,then scrounged dry twigs from under the tree branches |
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Definition
seek to obtain (something, typically food or
money) at the expense or through the
generosity of others or by stealth. |
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Flail
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Frantically he flailed at the water. |
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Definition
| To wave or swind vigoresly |
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Term
Subside
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Not until the flames began to subside did his manic laughter fade. |
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Definition
| To sink to a lower or nomal level. To become less intense, violent , or severe. |
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Smoldering
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Standing all alone on the shore,Cole felt his anger smoldering. |
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Definition
| To show signs of repressed anger or hatred. |
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