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Maze Runner Chapter 1-30 Flashcards

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Consumed

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use up

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Corridors

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a passage way

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Disoriented

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displace

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Dominance

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leadership

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Captors

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captured

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Devoid

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being without something

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Salvageable

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saved or repaired

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Gawked

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a clumsy and stupid person

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Dilapidated

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decayed

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Emptiness

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empty

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Ceaseless

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constant and unending

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Curiosity

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a strong desire to know

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Halted

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bring or come to a abrupt stop

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Amplified

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intensify

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Tinged

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emit a sharp, clear, ringing sound

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Wrenched

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pull or twist something or someone suddenly and violently

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Haggard

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looking exhausted and unwell

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Malicious

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intending to do harm

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Suppressing

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to put a end to

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Offshoots

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a side shoot or branch on a plant

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Disquieting

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inducing feelings of anxiety or worry

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Monumental

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great in importance, extent, or size

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Trepidation

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a feeling of fear

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Litany

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a tedious recital or receptive series

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Normalcy

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the condition of being normal

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Epiphany

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a moment of sudden revelation or insight

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Ironically

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unexpected

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Undercurrent

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an underlying feeling or influence

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Loomed

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to appear as a shadowy form that is large and threatenig

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Appendages

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part of your body

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Bulbous

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fat, round, or bulging

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Complexity

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the 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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formal and dignified.

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Palpable

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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 read or interpret

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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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cover with or as though with a veil

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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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join or fasten (plates of metal or other material) with a rivet or rivets.

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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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speak, sing, or sound with a lilt

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Apparition

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a ghost or ghostlike image of a person

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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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provide with food or other stores.

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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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elating or appropriate to grand and formal occasions

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Thunderously

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Producing thunder or a similar sound. 2. Loud and unrestrained in a way that suggests thunder: thunderous applause

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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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of, relating to, marked by, or affected with psychosis

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Grogginess

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weak and unsteady on the feet or in action

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Piqued

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to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff

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Clout

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a piece of cloth or leather

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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; gloom

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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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Succinct

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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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tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion

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Ingenious

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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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Exertion

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Exertion

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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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having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster.

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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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Flailing

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wave or swing or cause to wave or swing wildly

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Abyss

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a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm

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Instinctively

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without conscious thought; by natural instinct.

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Oddity

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a strange or peculiar person, thing, or trait.

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Retracted

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draw or be drawn back or back in.

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Gawking

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stare openly and stupidly.

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Antidote

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a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison.

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Urgency

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importance requiring swift action.

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Adamantly

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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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Maniacal

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exhibiting extremely wild or violent behavior

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Ruddied

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make ruddy in color.

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Belligerent

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hostile and aggressive.

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Continuous

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forming an unbroken whole; without interruption

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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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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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Disband

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

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Clamoring

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(of a group of people) shout loudly and insistently.

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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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bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy.

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Squiched

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cause (someone) to feel intense disgust.

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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.

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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.

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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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eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink)

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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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