The Most Dangerous Game | The Lady, or The Tiger? | The Birds | All Summer in a Day | The Cask of Amontillado |
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Tangible
Capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial; real or actual, rather than imaginary or visionary
definite; not vague or elusive |
Exuberant
Joyful, enthusiastic; lavishly abundant. extremely good; overflowing; plentiful
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1. Disposition
2. Clamor
1. Natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude
2. A loud uproar, as from a crowd of people |
Compound
Composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients
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Immolation
To sacrifice. to kill as a sacrificial victim, as by fire; offer in sacrifice
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Condone
To disregard or overlook
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Imperious
Dictatorial; overbearing; urgent; imperative
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1. Garish
2. Pallor
1. Crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate
2. Unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death |
Surge
A strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep
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Abscond
To depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution
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Solicitously
Anxious or concerned
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Aesthetics
Pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the philosophy of aesthetics
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1. Laconic
2. Sullen
1. Using few words; expressing much in few words; concise
2. Showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve |
Immense
Vast; huge; very great; immeasurable; boundless
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Explicit
Fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated
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Deplorable
Causing or being a subject for grief of regret
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Parapet
A defensive wall or elevation, as of earth or stone, in a fortification; an elevation raised above the main wall
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1. Rubicund
2. Furtively
1. Red or reddish; ruddy
2. Taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth |
Tumultuously
Marked by disturbance and uproar; disorderly; noisy
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Implore
To beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy
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Futile
Incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful; trifling; frivolous; unimportant
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Reverie
A state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing; a daydream, a fantastic visionary, or impractical idea
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1. Misgiving
2. Deft
1. A feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension
2. Dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever |
Resilient
Springing back; rebounding
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Aperture
An opening, as a hole, slit, crack, gap
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