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withered |
The old woman's shrivelled skin looked withered with age.
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shambling |
Tired and exhausted, he eventually slowed down to a shambling walk.
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askance |
He looked askance at the kind offer, eyes full of suspicion and disapproval.
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significance |
Detective Black tried to figure out the significance of the footprints left at the crime scene.
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grotesque |
The beast gazed in disbelief at his grotesque reflection in the mirror.
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protagonist |
The protagonist is the main character in the play.
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gaunt |
The haggard old man looked gaunt from starvation.
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custodian |
Although the it did not belong to him, he had spent many years as custodian of the old house, caring for it as though it were his own.
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senility |
At the age of 90 he still showed no signs of senility, his mind and body were like those of a man half his age.
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atavistic |
The monster looked primeval, an atavistic creature from ancient times.
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baize |
The top of the snooker table was covered with a bright-green woolen cloth called baize.
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pallid |
The distressed woman's face had the pallid look of death, pale and ashen.
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supernatural |
The house was filled with supernatural evil spirits who looked like humans and possessed supernatural powers.
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spectre
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The dead man's spectre haunts the castle at night, he is but a ghost.
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omen |
The black bird was an omen, a warning sign of bad things to come.
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sceptic
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She was a sceptic when it came to the lottery, she didn't think she would ever win.
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