Island of the Blue Dolphins List 1 Ch 1-5

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to set a ship or boat afloat

• launch

• slain

• cease

• burden

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to put to death violently

• wade

• cease

• carcass

• slain

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to come or bring to an end; stop

• wade

• shirkers

• cease

• parley

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to come or go in without invitation

• intrude

• retreat

• perish

• mesa

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a flat topped hill or small plateau

• burden

• canyon

• mesa

• shirkers

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a dead body, especially that of an animal

• perish

• slain

• pelt

• carcass

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to pass swiftly or lightly over a surface

• perish

• skim

• launch

• cease

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something hard to bear

• canyon

• ravine

• burden

• kelp

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to pass away completely; become destroyed

• slain

• carcass

• shirkers

• perish

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to withdraw from something that is dangerous, difficult

• retreat

• wade

• shirkers

• perish