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vocab 1

  1. distinction
    difference
  2. commonplace
    mundane
  3. boosted
    increased
  4. distinguish
    make out; discern
  5. eerie
    strange and frightening; spooky
  6. pervasiveness
    ubiquity; universality
  7. harnessing
    gathering; mobilising; employing
  8. bid
    attempt; try
  9. intently
    attentively; closely
  10. embellishment
    decoration
  11. relic
    something left from the past; remnant
  12. debility
    weakness; feebleness
  13. voraciously
    greedily and eagerly
  14. infernal
    hellish
  15. impact
    effect; influence
  16. primitive
    early and basic; primordial
  17. banished
    put away and stopped
  18. angle
    point of view; perspective
  19. effectively
    completely
  20. principally
    mainly
  21. fashioned
    made and shaped
  22. flourish
    grow with vigour; bloom
  23. permanent
    stable and fixed; lasting
  24. turn to
    consider; take up
  25. lead
    example
  26. reputation
    standing; status
  27. cover
    pay for
  28. significant
    important
  29. likely
    probable
  30. attracted
    drew; pulled
  31. trace
    indication
  32. in abundance
    plentifully
  33. rivals
    competitors; opponents
  34. desolate
    deserted and uninhabited; bleak; uninhabited
  35. assailed
    attacked
  36. dictated
    directed
  37. stealthily
    secretively
  38. detection
    discovery
  39. count on
    entrust; rely on; depend on
  40. evidence
    proof; sign
  41. fade
    diminish
  42. grave
    serious
  43. devised
    designed
  44. dominated
    controlled
  45. conscious of
    aware of
  46. depicted
    portrayed; showed
  47. systematically
    in an organised manner; methodically
  48. decline
    decrease
  49. verge
    edge
  50. exaggerated
    overstated; overinflated
  51. culminating
    ending
  52. interrupted
    obstructed
  53. fitfully
    intermittently; spasmodically
  54. monotonously
    dully and unchanging; flatly
  55. shrouded
    covered
  56. bear
    support
  57. rich
    plentiful
  58. spurred
    drove
  59. plausible
    credible; believable; probable
  60. in the light of
    considering
  61. contemplated
    considered; planned
  62. imminent
    forthcoming; impending
  63. enticing
    alluring; tempting
  64. ominous
    fateful; sinister; foreboding
  65. home in on
    locate and aim
  66. convey
    express
  67. readily
    easily
  68. range
    group
  69. masking
    covering
  70. futile
    useless
  71. credit
    praise
  72. arrogant
    proud
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vocab 1
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vocab 1
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