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AWiT Vocab. 8-9
Question | Answer |
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uncontrolled extreme emotion | hysterical |
tie or hold the legs or arms of someone | pinion |
the very early stages in the development of something | primitive |
gloomy and solemn | somber |
giving greater knowledge or understanding | enlightened |
to utterly destroy or defeat | annihilate |
giving the impression that something bad is going to happen | ominous |
to give out; to originate from; to be produced by | emanate |
the tendency to arrive pleasure from inflicting pain | sadist |
to depart from the usual or accepted standard | deviate |
allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen; having thoughts, feelings, or motives that are easily perceived or hostile | transparent |
unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult or hostile) | encountering |
to make a series of low, feeble sounds expressive of fear, pain, or discontent | whimpering |
giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen | sinister |
relating to or denoting beings supposedly from other worlds; extraterrestrial | alien |
impossible to stop or prevent impenetrable | inexorable |
impossible to pass through or enter | impenetrable |
clear and definite; real | tangible |
the complete loss or absence of hope | despair |
the quality of having unlimited or very great power | omnipotent |