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feigning pretend

thrillingly something exiting

affronted offended

dwarfed by overshadowed by something

nuzzled cuddle

mound pile

inscrutability impossible to understand

smartarsed know it all

eulogy a speech praising someone

jubliant extreme happiness

rite formal tradition

shrieked loud noise

incredulity unable to belive something

hunched rounded posture

hoarse rough, harsh or deep voice

junction two places meet

reverberated echoed

queasy feeling sick

bode foreshadowing

craning stretching your body to see something

clenched biting your jaw together

intermittent starting, stopping, and then starting again

acrid something unpleasant

reck concern

diminished smaller

nebulous unclear

strode walking with purpose

wailed high pitch cry

dreadful extremely bad

coaxed gently convince someone

rivulets small stream

uncharactheristiclly not like someone

gleam shine

unwound become relaxed

vaguely unclear

heightened more intense

hatred a strong feeling of dislike

anguished suffering from mental or physical pain

eidetic detailed visual memories

renege go back on an agreement

tetchy easily annoyed

triumph great victory

enquiries asking for information

laminated many thin layers together

solicitor lawyer who provides advice

demeanour how a person behave to other

incendiary designed to create fire

boast brag

reticent unwilling to talk about your thought

emphasis giving extra importance to something

vague not clear

squired to accompany someone

peered look closely

wary feeling possible danger

prompted encourage an action

cautiously careful

resentful angry because of unfair situation

portly middle aged man

maternity leave parent leave

creased having lines

scowling making an angry face

parlance a certain way of speaking

lenient not as strict punishment as people expect

inescapable impossible to avoid

chevrons a pattern

impaired something below normal level

oblivious not aware of what's going on around you

turmoil anxiety, great confusion

unduly to an unnecessary level

indistinct unclear

escapade a wild unusual adventure

veered change directions

ornamentation making something more attractive

beneath under

longed craved

sheen soft shine on surface

sulkily being in a bad mood

interpret explaining the meaning of something

thrived developed

hushed quiet tone

lurking watching without being noticed

reluctant hesitation

occupants people who are in a place at a certain time

blanched become white or pale

decay rotting

dwell think about something special for a long time

tainted spoiled or damaged

contradict doing the opposite of something

interjected cut someone of while speaking

inconsistencies not staying the same

dusk after sunset when the sky becomes darker

indeterminate something not fixed in advance

venerable deep respect because of old age

subdued lowered in intensity

thud a sound when something hits a surface after being dropped

alight burning

vicious deliberately cruel

grasping greedy

tendencies a natural way of behaving

dwindle become smaller over time

perceptive understanding thing that isn't obvious to others

linger take long time to leave

assimilate absorb something

teetering losing your balance

unperturbed being calm even though something bad is happening

scorned treated with open disrespect

opaque something hard to understand

indulge treating yourself or someone

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