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maze runner vocab Flashcards

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Consumed

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eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink)

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Corridors

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a long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms.

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Disorientated

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make (someone) lose their sense of direction.

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Dominance

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power and influence over others

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Captors

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a person or animal that catches or confines another.

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Devoid

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entirely lacking or free from.

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Salvageable

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Something that’s salvageable can be saved or fixed

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gwaked

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stare openly and stupidly

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Dilapidated

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of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.

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Emptiness

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the state of containing nothing

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Haggard

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looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering.

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Malicious

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characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm

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Suppressing

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forcibly put an 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

A

great in importance, extent, or size

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trepidation

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a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen.

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Litany

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a series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people.

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Normalcy

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the condition of being normal; the state of being usual, typical, or expected

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Epiphany

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a random thought.

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Eradicate

A

destroy completely; put an end to

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Ironically

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in an ironic manner

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Undercurrent

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an underlying feeling or influence, especially one that is contrary to the prevailing atmosphere and is not expressed openly.

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Loomed

A

appear as a shadowy form, especially one that is large or threatening

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Appendages

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(often with negative or pejorative connotations) a thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important.

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Bulbous

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fat, round, or 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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formal and dignified

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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 read or interpret (ambiguous, obscure, or illegible matter)

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Riveted

A

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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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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done without will or conscious control.

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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

A

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

A

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

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Sinister

A

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

56
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Morbid

A

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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Exertion

A

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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having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster.

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Flailing

A

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

A

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

69
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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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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

A

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

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