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Maze Runner Flashcards

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Ceaseless

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Without stop or pause; unending; incessant.

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Curiosity

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The desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness.

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Halted

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To stop; cease moving, operating, etc., either permanently or temporarily:

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Amplified

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To make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend.

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Tinged

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To make or cause to make a high, clear, ringing sound.

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Consumed

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To destroy or expend by use; use up.

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Corridors

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A gallery or passage connecting parts of a building; hallway.

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Disorientated

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To cause to lose one’s way

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Dominance

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Rule; control; authority; ascendancy.

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Captors

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A person who has captured a person or thing.

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Devoid

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Not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually followed by of).

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Salvageable

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The act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.

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Gawked

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To stare stupidly; gape:

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Dilapidated

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Reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.

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Emptiness

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Containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents:

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Haggard

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Having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn:

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Malicious

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Full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful:

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Suppressing

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To put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.):

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Offshoots

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A branch or lateral shoot from a main stem, as of a plant.

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Disquieting

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Causing anxiety or uneasiness; disturbing:

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Monumental

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Resembling a monument; massive or imposing.

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Trepidation

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Tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.

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Wrenched

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To twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist:

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Litany

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A ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.

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Normalcy

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The quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality:

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Epiphany

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A sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.

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Eradicate

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To remove or destroy utterly; extirpate:

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Ironically

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Pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery:

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Undercurrent

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A tendency underlying or at variance with the obvious or superficial significance of words, actions, etc.:

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Loomed

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A hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.

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Appendages

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A subordinate part attached to something; an auxiliary part; addition.

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Bulbous

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Bulb-shaped; bulging.

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Complexity

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The state or quality of being intricate or complicated.

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Selective

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Relating to or involving the selection of the most suitable or best qualified.

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Chided

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Scold or rebuke.

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Inexplicably

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In a way that cannot be explained or accounted for.

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Writhing

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Make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.

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Solemn

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Not cheerful or smiling; serious.

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Palpable

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(Of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible.

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Morbid

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Characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

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Decipherable

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To discover the meaning of (anything obscure or difficult to trace or understand):

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Contrary

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Opposite in nature, direction, or meaning.

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Contemplation

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The action of looking thoughtfully at something for a long time.

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Not-So-Veiled

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Not so covered or concealed by, or as if by, a veil: a veiled woman. not openly or directly expressed; masked; disguised; hidden; obscure: a veiled threat.

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Ominous

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Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.

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Maddening

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Extremely annoying; infuriating.

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Riveted

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Hold (someone or something) fast so as to make them incapable of movement.

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Foliage

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Plant leaves, collectively.

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Willed

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Having a specified level of determination.

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Tangible

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Perceptible by touch.

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Glib

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(of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow.

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Lilting

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Of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow.

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Apparition

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A ghost or ghostlike image of a person.

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Cavorting

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Jump or dance around excitedly.

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Detach

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Disengage (something or part of something) and remove it.

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Winced

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Give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain or distress.

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Demise

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A person’s death.

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Involuntary

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Done without will or conscious control.

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Traitorous

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Relating to or characteristic of a traitor; treacherous.

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Lunacy

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The state of being a lunatic; insanity (not in technical use).

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Intolerable

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Unable to be endured.

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Victuals

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Food or provisions, typically as prepared for consumption.

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Rebuke

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Express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behavior or actions.

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Indecision

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The inability to make a decision quickly.

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Indescribable

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Too unusual, extreme, or indefinite to be adequately described.

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Sinister

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Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.

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Ceremonious

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Relating or appropriate to grand and formal occasions.

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Thunderously

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Producing thunder or a similar sound.

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Condemned

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Express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure.

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Bestial

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Of or like an animal or animals.

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Psychotically

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Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis.

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Grogginess

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Staggering, as from exhaustion or blows:

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Piqued

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To affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride:

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Clout

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Informal. pull; strong influence; muscle, especially political power:

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Pang

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A sudden sharp pain or painful emotion.

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Somber

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Dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy.

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Sallow

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(Of a person’s face or complexion) of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color.

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Succunt

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(Especially of something written or spoken) briefly and clearly expressed.

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Shroud

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A length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial.

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Morbid

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Characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

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Shuddered

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(Of a person) tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion.

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Ingenious

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Of a person) clever, original, and inventive.

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Interspersed

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Scatter among or between other things; place here and there.

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Extertion

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Physical or mental effort.

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Menacing

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Suggesting the presence of danger; threatening.

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Grotesquely

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In a comically or repulsively ugly or distorted manner.

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Monstrous

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(Of a person or an action) inhumanly or outrageously evil or wrong.

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Flailing

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Wave or swing or cause to wave or swing wildly.

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Pendulum

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A weight hung from a fixed point so that it can swing freely backward and forward, especially a rod with a weight at the end that regulates the mechanism of a clock.

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Retracted

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Draw or be drawn back or back in.

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Oddity

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A strange or peculiar person, thing, or trait.

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Instinctively

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Without conscious thought; by natural instinct.

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Abyss

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A deep or seemingly bottomless chasm.

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Urgency

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Importance requiring swift action.

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Antidote

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A medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison.

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Gawking

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Stare openly and stupidly.

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Admantly

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In a way that suggests one will not be persuaded to change one’s mind; firmly and resolutely.

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Terminal

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Of, forming, or situated at the end or extremity of something.

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Chagrin

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Distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated.

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Formality

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The rigid observance of rules of convention or etiquette.

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Invalidating

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Make (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous.

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Clamoring

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Make a vehement protest or demand.

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Disband

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(Of an organized group) break up or cause to break up and stop functioning.

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Hypocrisy

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The practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform; pretense.

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Palpable

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(Of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible.

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Continuous

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Forming an unbroken whole; without interruption.

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Belligerent

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Hostile and aggressive.

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Ruddied

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Make ruddy in color.

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Maniacal

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Exhibiting extremely wild or violent behavior.

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Infestation

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The presence of an unusually large number of insects or animals in a place, typically so as to cause damage or disease.

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Gamut

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The complete range or scope of something.

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Sullenly

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Something done in a grumpy or sulky manner.

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Squinched

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Tense up the muscles of (one’s eyes or face).

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Writhing

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Make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.

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Incredulous

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(Of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something.

116
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Hackles

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Erectile hairs along the back of a dog or other animal that rise when it is angry or alarmed.

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Remnant

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A small remaining quantity of something.

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Melding

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Blend; combine.

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Solidify

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Make or become hard or solid.

120
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Inept

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Having or showing no skill; clumsy.

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Contemplative

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Expressing or involving prolonged thought.

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Reassurance

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The action of removing someone’s doubts or fears.

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Consumed

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Get taken over by something

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Bleak

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(Of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.

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