Rare Treasure Vocabulary

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poverty

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the state of being extremely poor

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remarkable

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extraordinary or outstanding

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assembled

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put or brought together

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pursued

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worked without stopping to get or accomplish something

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treacherous

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unsafe because of hidden dangers

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treacherous-dangerous

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Day after day, Mary searched in the shadows of the treacherous cliffs.

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remarkable

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They prized the thoughts of the remarkable young woman who had left school when she was eleven.

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assembled

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One visitor wished to record the name of the woman who had assembled such a wonderful collection.

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pursued

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It also must have been Mary's great delight because she pursued it despite the dangers on the rocky shore.

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poverty

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Then Mary's father died and the family was thrown into bitter poverty.