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| Questão | Responda |
| Dread | Fearful expectation or anticipation |
| Dank | Unpleasantly cool and humid |
| Palpable | A feeling so intense that could be tangible |
| Jagged | Having a sharply uneven surface or outline |
| Dense | Hard to pass through because of thick growth |
| Lacerate | Tear or make deep cuts (in flesh or skin) |
| Bleak | 1. (Of an area or land) lacking vegetation and exposed to elements. 2. (Of a building or room) charmless, dreary 3. (Of the weather’s) cold and miserable. |
| Palatial | Relating to or being a palace |
| Chateau | A large French country house or castle |
| Bluff | A high steep bank |
| Menacing | Suggesting the presence of danger, threatening, foreshadowing evil, tragic developments |
| Cultivated | No longer in the natural state, developed by human care and for human use, refined and well educated |
| Aristocrat | A member of aristocracy |
| Medieval | Relating or belonging to the Middle Ages |
| Feudal | Of or relating to feudalism |
| Refectory | A room used for communal meals in an educational or religious institution |
| Modesty | Formality and propriety of manner, the quality or state of being unassuming in the estimation of one’s abilities |
| Ardent | Very enthusiastic or passionate |
| Cavalry | Troops trained to fight on horseback, soldiers who fought on horseback |
| Debacle | A sudden and violent collapse |
| Imprudent | Not showing care for the consequences of an action, rash |
| Analytical | Skilled in using analysis |
| Doggedly | With obstinate determination |
| Vitality | The state of being strong and active, energetic |
| Extremity | The furthest point or limit of something |
| Muffle | Wrap or cover up ( a source of the sound or noise) to reduce its loudness |
| Mystify | Be a mystery or bewildering to |
| Recede | Pull back or move away, retreat |
| Surmount | 1. Overcome (a difficulty or obstacle) 2. Stand or be placed on top of |
| Bewilderment | A feeling of being confused or perplexed |
| Grisly | Shockingly repellent, inspiring horror, causing horror and or disgust |
| Puritan | A member of a group of English Protestants who advocated fro the simplification and regulation of forms of worship |
| Scruples | A feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of an action |
| Barbarous | Primitive and uncivilized |
| Elude | Escape, either physically or mentally |
| Invariably | Without variation or change, in every case |
| Braggart | A person who boasts about their achievements or possessions |
| Grotesque | Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous |
| Stealthy | Behaving or done in a cautious manner, as not to be seen or heard |
| Sallow | Unhealthy looking |
| Solicitous | Full of anxiety and concern |
| Ennui | The feeling of being bored by something tedious |
| Thicket | A dense growth of bushes |
| Venerable | Profoundly honoured |
| Futile | Useless, producing no results or effect |
| Intricate | Very complicated or detailed |
| Zealous | Having or showing a great enthusiasm or energy |
| Apprehensive | Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen |
| Tapestry | A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs |
| Pungent | Strong and sharp |
| Uncanny | Strange, or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way |
| Precariously | In a way that is not securely in position and is likely to fall or collapse |
| Protruding | Extending out above or beyond the surface or boundary |
| Mocking | Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule |
| Placid | Not easily irritated, calm |
| Cower | Show submission or fear |
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