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Emerge

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To come out and into view

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Feat

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An act or deed, especially one showing courage, strength, skill or cleverness

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Brood

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To think deeply about something with unhappiness or anxiety

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Captor

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Someone who takes another captive

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Voraciously

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Greedily or eagerly

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Petrified

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Motionless with fear or horror

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Defy

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To challenge or dare; to boldly refuse to obey or yield

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Sinister

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Evil; wicked

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Fetter

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To chain down; to bind

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Vivacious

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Lively; energetic

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Tantalize

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To tempt or tease by putting something desirable in view but out of reach

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Fortuitous

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Lucky

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Prestigious

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Worthy of admiration or esteem

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Burly

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Broad or muscular

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Deftly

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Quickly and skillfully

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Cease

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To stop

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Awe

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A mix of respect, fear, and wonder

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Evolve

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To develop gradually; to unfold or change

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Profusely

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Pouring forth freely; generously

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Explicit

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Clearly stated

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Bleak

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Gloomy; depressing

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Falter

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To stumble

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Console

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To comfort

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Enmity

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Hostility; feeling like an enemy

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Towering

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Reaching a height above others

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Fashioned

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Made; built or shaped

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Serpentine

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Twisting and turning

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Radiant

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Shining or giving off light; beaming; as with joy or energy

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Plead

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To beg

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Bellow

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To give a loud, deep, roar

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Streak

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To move very fast; to leave a mark with a different color or texture from its background

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Quake

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To shake or vibrate

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Colossal

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Huge

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Ascend

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To go up

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Indefinite

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Not fixed or limited; not measure able; not clear

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Descend

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To go down

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Contrary

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Opposing or resisting

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Validate

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To prove to be true

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Depict

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To describe by words or by picture

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Despair

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Loss of hope

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Devour

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To eat or consume greedily

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Presently

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Soon

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Wail

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To grieve or cry

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Enigma

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A mystery

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Baffling

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Hard to understand

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Splendor

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Magnificence

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Monument

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Something that serves as a reminder of something else especially a building or statue

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Fanciful

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Imaginary

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Resemble

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To be like or similar too

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Erode

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To wear away

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Adorned

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Decorated

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Deplete

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To use up or reduce in amount

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Encase

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To enclose

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Extract

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To take out

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Neglect

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To fail to care for; to treat as if not important

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Devastating

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Causing ruin

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Irate

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Very angry

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Ruthless

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Cruel; showing no mercy

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Chide

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To scold or rebuke

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