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throbbing

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beating or pulsing strongly

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swaddle

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to wrap a baby tightly in cloth

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fungus

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a type of organism like mould or mushrooms

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dawdling

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wasting time, moving slowly

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scarcely

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almost not, very little

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imponderable

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something hard to measure or explain

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brim

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the edge of a container or hat

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contingency

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a possible future event or situation

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glance

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a quick look

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incline

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to lean or slope

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swing apart

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to open by moving away from each other

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shrink back

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to move away in fear

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sooth

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to calm or comfort

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tremendous

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very large or great

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totter

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to move unsteadily

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diminish

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to become smaller or less

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vestibule

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an entrance hall

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concealing

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hiding something

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well-bred

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polite and well educated in manners

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conveyed

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communicated or passed on

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superstition

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belief not based on reason or science

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demerit

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a fault or disadvantage

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infant

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a very young baby

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undue

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too much or excessive

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annihilated
completely destroyed
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recapture
to take back or regain
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summoning
calling someone or something
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topmost
highest point
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coward
a person who is not brave
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tread upon
to step on
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ecstasy
extreme happiness
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mortar
material used to stick bricks together
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clambered
climbed with difficulty
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supremely
extremely or most importantly
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fated
controlled by destiny
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disfigured
damaged appearance
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reverting
going back to a previous state
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tranced
in a hypnotic or dream-like state
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revolved
turned around
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motion
movement
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clinging
holding tightly
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perished
died or was destroyed
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edification
learning or moral improvement
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aperture
an opening or hole
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mended
repaired
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inquisitive
very curious
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reverberated
echoed repeatedly
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beforehand
earlier, in advance
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latent
hidden but present
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abolition
the ending of something officially
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mere
only or just
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terrestrial
related to Earth
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faintly
weakly or not clearly
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debarred
prevented from doing something
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acquiesced
agreed without resistance
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erect
upright
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shed
a small simple building / to drop or let fall
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impetuosity
acting quickly without thinking
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reverent
showing deep respect
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superfluously
more than needed
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omnipotent
all-powerful
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eternal
forever, without end
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allocution
a formal speech
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sedulously
carefully and with effort
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divine
related to God or gods
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chiefly
mainly
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optic
related to sight or vision
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worms
small crawling animals
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intercede
to speak in support of someone
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yield
to give way or produce something
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invincible
impossible to defeat
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innumerable
too many to count
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hitherto
until now
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astonished
very surprised
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mischievously
in a naughty or playful way
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solemnity
serious and formal attitude
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impious
disrespectful to God
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remedied
fixed or corrected
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obscurely
not clearly
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venomous
poisonous
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venture
to take a risk
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petulance
rude impatience
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mend
to repair
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jarring
unpleasant or shocking
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subservient
too willing to obey
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readily
easily or willingly
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caprice
sudden change of mood or behavior
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mouldy
covered with fungus due to age
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stoppage
a stop or interruption
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summoned
called to come
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ludicrous
ridiculous or silly
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discontent
unhappiness or dissatisfaction
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allayed
reduced or calmed
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gilded
covered with gold
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splendour
great beauty or luxury
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garment
a piece of clothing
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luminosity
brightness
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reigned
ruled as a king or queen
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feebleness
weakness
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cessation
stopping of something
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hum
low continuous sound
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agonizing
extremely painful
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shrank
became smaller
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repelled
pushed away
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disintegration
breaking into pieces
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flung
threw strongly
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oozed
slowly flowed out
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whirled
spun quickly
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cavern
a large cave
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devotees
people who strongly support a belief
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wept for
cried for someone
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woven
made by interlacing threads
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apprehend
to understand or arrest
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honeycomb
structure made by bees for honey
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wharf
a place where ships dock
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