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To burn the skin of a wound to stop bleeding and infection (verb)
cauterize
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A water-worn ravine (noun)
gully
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broken stone of even size to surface or pave roads (noun)
macadam
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a hard, dark, glasslike volcanic rock (noun)
obsidian
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a wife, husband, or companion (noun)
consort
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a descent or angle deviation (noun)
declination
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a long, steep slope at the edge of a plateau (noun)
escarpment
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feeling or showing sorrow and regret (adj)
penitent
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a police officer's baton (noun)
truncheon
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a tank for storing water, especially for a toilet (noun)
cistern
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given into begging; moving from place to place with little or no stuff (adj)
mendicant
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splendid and expensive looking (adj)
sumptuous
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a temporary camp without tents (noun) / stay in a camp without tents (verb)
bicouac / bicouacked
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abnormally thin or weak; especially because of illness or no food (adj)
emaciated
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a trash heap (noun)
midden
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something reused but still bears marks of its original purpose (noun)
palimpsest
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set on fire (verb)
enkindle
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an accomplice of a gambler that attracts others to play (noun)
shill
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a mound of stones built as a memorial or landmark (noun)
cairn
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dig up something that was buried (verb)
disinter
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