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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

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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

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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

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

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Appendages
(often with negative or pejorative connotations) a thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important.
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Bulbous
fat, round, or bulging
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Complexity
the state or quality of being intricate or complicated
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Selective
relating to or involving the selection of the most suitable or best qualified.
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Chided
scold or rebuke
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Inexplicably
in a way that cannot be explained or accounted for
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Writhing
make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.
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Solemn
formal and dignified
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Palpable
(of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible.
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Morbid
characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.
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Decipherable
To read or interpret (ambiguous, obscure, or illegible matter)
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Riveted
join or fasten (plates of metal or other material) with a rivet or rivets.
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Foliage
plant leaves, collectively.
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Willed
having a specified level of determination.
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Tangible
perceptible by touch
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Glib
(of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow.
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Lilting
speak, sing, or sound with a lilt.
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Apparition
a ghost or ghostlike image of a person.
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Cavorting
jump or dance around excitedly.
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Detach
disengage (something or part of something) and remove it.
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Winced
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
a person's death
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Involuntary
done without will or conscious control.
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Traitorous
done without will or conscious control.
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Lunacy
the state of being a lunatic; insanity (not in technical use).
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Intolerable
unable to be endured.
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Victuals
food or provisions, typically as prepared for consumption.
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rebuke
express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behavior or actions.
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indecision
the inability to make a decision quickly.
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Indescribable
too unusual, extreme, or indefinite to be adequately described.
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Sinister
giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
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Morbid
characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.
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Shuddered
(of a person) tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion.
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Ingenious
(of a person) clever, original, and inventive.
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Interspersed
scatter among or between other things; place here and there.
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Exertion
physical or mental effort.
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Menacing
suggesting the presence of danger; threatening.
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Grotesquely
in a comically or repulsively ugly or distorted manner.
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Monstrous
having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster.
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Flailing
wave or swing or cause to wave or swing wildly.
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Pendulum
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
draw or be drawn back or back in.
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Oddity
a strange or peculiar person, thing, or trait.
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Instinctively
without conscious thought; by natural instinct
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Abyss
a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm.
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Urgency
importance requiring swift action.
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Antidote
a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison.
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Gawking
stare openly and stupidly.
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Adamantly
in a way that suggests one will not be persuaded to change one's mind; firmly and resolutely.
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Terminal
of, forming, or situated at the end or extremity of something.
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Chagrin
distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated.
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Formality
the rigid observance of rules of convention or etiquette.
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Invalidating
make (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous.

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