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Chapter1-9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| lurching | To suddenly reach for something |
| ascended | To move upwards |
| invaded | To enter forcefully |
| flaw | Something is not perfect |
| ceaseless | Without stopping |
| eternity | Goes on forever |
| bizarre | Weird and strange |
| disorienting | To feel lost |
| gawked | To stare stupidly |
| menacing | Something threatens threatens to cause evil or harm |
| instinct | Inborn knowledge and feeling |
| shriek | A loud shrill sound |
| pitiful | deserving or arousing pity. |
| resolve | settle or find a solution to (a problem, dispute, or contentious matter).: "the firm aims to resolve problems within 30 days". |
| compound | A type of army base made up of walls and fences. |
| destined | Picturing your future |
| menacing | Something that is cause harm |
| resembling | Something or someone that look alike |
| writhing | To twist the body |
| vertigo | Loss of balance |
| indifferent | Without interest |
| mammoth | A large elephant that is extinct |
| vast | Great extent or quantity; limitless |
| corridors | a long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms. |
| riveted | A pin to join metal together |
| claustrophobia | extreme or irrational fear of confined places. |
| protruding | sticking out; projecting.: "a stocky guy with a furrowed brow and a protruding bottom lip". |
| obscurity | Unknown or unimportant |
| trepidation | Feeling of fear that something may happen |
| monumental | great in importance, extent, or size.: "it's been a monumental effort" "the ballet came across as one of MacMillan's most monumental works". |
| suppress | forcibly put an end to.: "the uprising was savagely suppressed". |
| laced | entwine or tangle (things, especially fingers) together contaminated with a substance |
| wincing | give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body |
| ironically | Expressing meaning using language that usually signifies the opposite; sarcasm |
| shadowed | envelop in shadow; cast a shadow over.: dim |
| reeked | smell strongly and unpleasantly; |
| lingering | lasting for a long time |
| vanished | Disappear suddenly and completely.: |
| panic | sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, |
| Hesitated | Pause before saying or doing something. |
| murky | dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.: |
| obstructions | Things that block or get in the way of something |
| undercurrent | an underlying feeling or influence, especially one that is contrary to the prevailing atmosphere and is not expressed openly |
| Pool | to put (resources, money, etc.) into a pool, or common stock or fund, as for a financial venture,according to agreement. |
| Curtain | a piece of material suspended at the top to form a covering or screen, typically one of a pair at a window.: |
| Screen | a fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, to give shelter from drafts, heat, or light, or to provide |
| Spectrum | A band of colors, as seen in a rainbow, produced by separation of the components of light. |
| Glimmers | To appear faintly that means in a manner. Dimly is not brightly good. |
| bulbous | Fat, round, or bulging |
| seethed | bubble up as a result of being boiled. |
| appendages | A thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important |
| provoking- | Causing annoyance; irritating.: |
| lingered | Stayed in a place longer than necessary |
| fluttered | Flap unsteadily |
| pitiful | heartbreaking |
| splintered | Break into small sharp pieces |
| trough | Container for animals to eat/drink out of |
| baffling | Impossible to understand |
| complex | complicated |
| irritated | Showing anger; annoyed |
| ancient | From long ago |
| staggered | Wobbled; moved unsteadily |
| awed | Filled with amazement |
| exaggerated | Stretch the truth |
| Witnessed | See a crime or accident take place |
| murmur | To say something in a low voice |
| mutual | Experienced by two or more people |
| resumed | Begin to do something again after an interruption |
| allies | People cooperating with one another |
| exhausted | Very tired |
| muffled | Sound that has been obstructed in some way |
| anticipation | In case of; ready for |
| shaft | Long narrow vertical hole leading to something |
| coincidence | Events that happen at the same time without apparent connection |
| familiar- | Well known; informal |
| Dumbfounded | Surprised, speechless |
| contrary | Conflicting; opposite |
| conclusion | A decision reached by reasoning |
| explanation | A statement that makes something understandable |
| banished | Thrown out |
| spectator | A person who watches an event |
| accusations | Claim that someone has done something wrong |
| gathering | A meeting held for a specific purpose |
| Sarcasm | Using opposite meaning to show scorn or mockery |
| Solution | The answer to a problem |
| predicament | Unpleasant or difficult situation |
| criminals | Person who has done something against the law |
| denser | Very compacted |
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