Hound of the Baskervilles

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  1. scion
    a descendent or heir
  2. diabolical
    showing cunning or ingenuity or wickedness
  3. checkmate
    an inescapable attack on an opponent's king, in chess
  4. copse
    a dense growth of trees, shrubs, or bushes
  5. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  6. irresolution
    the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose
  7. tor
    a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
  8. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  9. loth
    (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
  10. chimerical
    like a grotesque product of the imagination
  11. rueful
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  12. daunted
    caused to show discomposure
  13. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  14. mire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  15. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  16. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  17. almoner
    an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients
  18. distrait
    having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
  19. undulation
    wavelike motion
Created on Thu Mar 08 14:50:34 EST 2012 (updated Wed Apr 11 11:15:52 EDT 2012)

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