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a short, loud, high cry, especially one produced suddenly as an expression of a powerful emotion
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shriek
to make such a cry
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shriek
the fact that someone likes something or likes to do something, especially something considered morally wrong
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proclivity
a large, heavy hammer with a long handle, used for breaking stones or other heavy material, or for hitting posts into the ground, etc.
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sledgehammer
decayed
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rotten
to suddenly attack someone after hiding and waiting for them
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ambush
an occasion when a person or group of people are ambushed
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ambush
very unlikely to be true, and difficult to believe
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far-fetched
the ability to speak without moving your lips so that your voice seems to be coming from someone or something else, usually as a way of entertaining people
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ventriloquism
a large model of a human, especially one used to show clothes in a shop
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dummy
a smooth rubber or plastic object that is given to a baby to suck in order to comfort it and make it stop crying
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dummy = pacifier
clear and exact
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explicit
a flat area of stone or grass outside a house, where people sit and sometimes eat
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terrace
delicate and easily broken
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brittle
to say or prove that a person, statement, opinion, etc. is wrong or false
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refute
the condition of being dealt with before other things or of being considered more important than other things
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precedence
People who are ... hide their feelings, thoughts, intentions, and actions from other people
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secretive
to cry noisily, taking in deep breaths
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sob
able to be shown, done, or made again
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reproducible
to take part in a physical fight
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rumble

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