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ANAGRAM

• a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board

• a phrase rearranged from the letters of another phrase

• a note sent from one person to another via telegraphic communication

• a word game invented wherein lettered tiles are used to spell words

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Inherited

• to take something that has been given, offered or paid

• to assume a role or position once occupied by someone else

• occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; down to you by your family

• prevent deliberately by the making of a Will

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Shriek

• a loud cheer

• a tragic event

• a low murmur accompanied by a long moan

• sharp piercing cry

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mourning

• state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

• when the sun comes up

• to rejoice

• a jubilant response to sad news

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muffled

• loud thud used to bring attention to a particular sound

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• a device for reducing the noise emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine

• a jubilant response to sad news

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wrenching

• causing great physical or mental suffering

• a comforting gesture

• an escape from tragedy

• strong, staccato movements

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stench

• causing great mental suffering

• a savory odor that emits from a plate of food

• a pleasant aroma associated with flowers

• a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

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lopsided

• a balanced way of looking at things

• a symmetrical line

• straight or alined perfectly

• having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other

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stutter

• tattling on one another

• speak haltingly

• speak fluently and intelligibly

• enunciating words slowly and carefully

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clot

• a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

• to stop up an incision with gauze

• to unblock a vein

• to liquefy

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