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Term | Definition |
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Uncanny | mysterious; arousing superstitious fear or dread; uncomfortably strange: Uncanny sounds filled the house. |
Cacophony | harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails. |
elude | to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade: to elude capture. Synonyms: shun, dodge. |
aggressive | characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country. |
detect | to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating. |
dubiously | doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply |
frustration | act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts. |
imprinted | a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something. |
materialize | 2. to assume material or bodily form; become corporeal: The ghost materialized before Hamlet. |
migration | the process or act of migrating. |
secretive | having or showing a disposition to secrecy; reticent: He seems secretive about his new job. |
tolerated | to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit. |