Maze Runner Vocab Flashcards
Vocab (156 cards)
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Ceaseless
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without stop or pause; unending; incessant.
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Curiosity
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the desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness.
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Halted
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to stop; cease moving, operating, etc., either permanently or temporarily:
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Amplified
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to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend.
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Tinged
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to make or cause to make a high, clear, ringing sound.
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Wrenched
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to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist
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Consumed
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to destroy or expend by use; use up.
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Corridors
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a gallery or passage connecting parts of a building; hallway.
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Disorientated
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to cause to lose one’s way.
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Dominance
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rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
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Captors
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a person who has captured a person or thing.
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Devoid
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not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually followed by of).
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Salvageable
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the property so saved.
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Gawked
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to stare stupidly; gape
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Dilapidated
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reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
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Emptiness
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containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents:
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Haggard
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having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn
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Malicious
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full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful
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Suppressing
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to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.)
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Offshoots
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anything conceived of as springing or proceeding from a main stock
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Disquieting
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causing anxiety or uneasiness; disturbing:
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Monumental
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resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
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Trepidation
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trembling or quivering movement; tremor.
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Litany
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a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
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Normalcy
the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality
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Epiphany
a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.
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Eradicate
to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate
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Ironically
pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery
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Undercurrent
a tendency underlying or at variance with the obvious or superficial significance of words, actions, etc.
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Loomed
to appear indistinctly; come into view in indistinct and enlarged form
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Appendages
Anatomy, Zoology. any member of the body diverging from the axial trunk.
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Bulbous
bulb-shaped; bulging.
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Complexity
the state or quality of being complex; intricacy
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Selective
having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
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Chided
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach:
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Inexplicably
not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
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Writhing
to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc
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Solemn
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood
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Palpable
readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident
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Riveted
to fasten or fix firmly.
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Foliage
the leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage.
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Willed
having a will
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Tangible
capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
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Glib
readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so
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Lilting
rhythmic swing or cadence
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Apparition
a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith
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Cavorting
to prance or caper about.
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Detach
to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
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Winced
to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch.
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Demise
death or decease.
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Contrary
opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed:
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Contemplation
the act of contemplating; thoughtful observation.
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Not-so-veiled
Not covered or concealed by, or as if by, a veil.
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Ominous
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious:
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Maddening
driving to madness or frenzy
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Involuntary
not voluntary; independent of one's will; not by one's own choice
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Traitorous
having the character of a traitor; treacherous; perfidious
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Lunacy
insanity; mental disorder.
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Intolerable
not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable:
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Victuals
victuals, food supplies; provisions.
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Rebuke
to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
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Indecision
inability to decide.
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Indescribable
not describable; too extraordinary for description.
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Sinister
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous
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Ceremonious
carefully observant of ceremony; formally or elaborately polite.
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Thunderously
producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder.
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Condemned
to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
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Bestial
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast.
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Psychotically
Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis.
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Grogginess
staggering, as from exhaustion or blows.
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Piqued
to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride.
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Clout
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff.
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Pang
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing.
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Somber
gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted.
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Sallow
of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color.
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Succinct
expressed in few words; concise; terse.
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Shroud
a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
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Morbid
suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.
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Shuddered
to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement, as from horror, fear, or cold.
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Ingenious
characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction:
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Interspersed
to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things:.
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Exertion
vigorous action or effort.
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Menacing
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat.
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Grotesquely
odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
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Monstrous
frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
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Flailing
to beat or swing with or as if with a flail.
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Pendulum
a body so suspended from a fixed point as to move to and fro by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
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Retracted
to draw back or in.
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Oddity
an odd or remarkably unusual person, thing, or event.
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Instinctively
of, relating to, or of the nature of instinct.
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Abyss
a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm.
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Urgency
urgencies, urgent requirements or needs.
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Antidote
A medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
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Gawking
to stare stupidly; gape.
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Adamantly
too hard to cut, break, or pierce
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Terminal
situated at or forming the end or extremity of something.
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Chagrin
a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
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Formality
condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
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Invalidating
to render invalid; discredit.
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Clamoring
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people.
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Disband
to break up or dissolve (an organization).
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Hypocrisy
a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
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Palpable
Readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident.
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Continuous
uninterrupted in time; without cessation.
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Belligerent
warlike; given to waging war.
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Ruddied
of or having a fresh, healthy red color:
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Maniacal
of or relating to mania or a maniac.
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Infestation
the act of infesting; state of being infested.
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Gamut
the entire scale or range.
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Sullenly
showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
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Writhing
to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
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Incredulous
not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
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Inept
generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent.
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Contemplative
given to or characterized by contemplation.
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Reassurance
to restore to assurance or confidence.
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Consumed
to eat or drink up; devour.
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Bleak
bare, desolate, and often windswept.
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Goggling
a bulging or wide-open look of the eyes; stare.
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Grogginess
dazed and weakened, as from lack of sleep.
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Simplicity
the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
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Wretched
Very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
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Catastrophe
a sudden and widespread disaster:
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Relishing
to take pleasure in; like; enjoy:
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Deliberation
careful consideration before decision.
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Discouragement
an act or instance of discouraging.
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Chiding
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach:
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Wan
of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color:
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Speculation
the contemplation or consideration of some subject:
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Recoiled
to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
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Rebuke
to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
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Seclusion
to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
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Intrusion
an act or instance of intruding.
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Solidified
to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
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Eruption
an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
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Discernible
capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
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Spectator
a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
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Barricades
a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
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Inevitable
unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary.
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Balked
to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at).
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Pawn
to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker.
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Catalyst
something that causes activity between two or more persons or forces without itself being affected.
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Concession
the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument.
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Errant
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
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Doldrum
a state of inactivity or stagnation, as in business or art.
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Contention
a struggling together in opposition; strife.
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Rabid
furious or raging; violently intense.
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Discarded
o cast aside or dispose of; get rid of.
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Pulsating
to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
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Grimaced
a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
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Cusp
a point or pointed end.
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Theorizing
to form a theory or theories.
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Realization
the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.
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Wafted
to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water.
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Glowering
to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
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Moot
open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful.
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Preoccupied
completely engrossed in thought; absorbed.
