Sign of the Beaver

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  1. awkward
    lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
  2. beckon
    summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
  3. bewildered
    extremely confused and uncertain what to do
  4. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
  5. cannibal
    a person who eats human flesh
  6. chagrined
    feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
  7. comrade
    a friend who is frequently in the company of another
  8. contemptuous
    expressing extreme scorn
  9. crouch
    the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
  10. envious
    painfully desirous of another's advantages
  11. forfeit
    lose the right to or lose by some error, offense, or crime
  12. frenzied
    affected with or marked by mania uncontrolled by reason
  13. glare
    be sharply reflected
  14. grim
    harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
  15. halt
    cause to stop
  16. incomprehensible
    difficult to understand
  17. inspiration
    arousal of the mind to unusual activity or creativity
  18. lunge
    the act of moving forward suddenly
  19. mercilessly
    without pity
  20. nonchalantly
    in a composed and unconcerned manner
  21. pity
    a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for misfortunes of others
  22. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  23. resolved
    explained or answered
  24. ruefully
    in a manner expressing pain or sorrow
  25. sapling
    young tree
  26. scowl
    frown with displeasure
  27. shrewd
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  28. sinew
    a band of tissue connecting a muscle to its bony attachment
  29. solemnly
    in a serious and dignified manner
  30. splice
    join the ends of
  31. stout
    having rugged physical strength
Created on Tue Jun 08 16:11:41 EDT 2010 (updated Tue Jun 08 16:12:02 EDT 2010)

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