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bewilderment: confusion
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bombardment: the attack using bombs, shells, or missles
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clad: dressed
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convolution: a form or part that is folded or coiled
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dilate: to make wider or larger
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falter: to be unsteady in purpose; waver
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gingerly: cautiously
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gobbledygook: gibberish
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gout: a painful inflammation of the joints
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illuined: illuminated; lighted up
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incriminate: to make one look guilty
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pedant: one who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules
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penance: a voluntary act of self-mortification or devotion expressing sorrow for sin
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perpetual: constant; neverending
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phoenix: a mythical bird in Egyptian mythology that lived for 500 years and then consumed itself by fire, later to rise renewed from the ashes
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plume: a feather or feather-like shape
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plummet: to fall straight down, plunge
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ricochet: to rebound from a surface
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rigidity: firmness
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scalding: causing a burning sensation
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scythe: an implement with a long curved single-edged blade and a long bent handle
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seance: a meeting of people to receive spiritualistic messages
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sear: to burn or scorch
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sloth: aversion to work or exertion
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throughfare: a busy roadway of traffic
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trajectory: the path of a projectile or other moving body through space
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valise: a small piece of hand luggage