noun the soft, faint illumination of the sky when the sun is below the horizon before sunrise and esp. after sunset.They took a romantic walk along the lake in the twilight. adjective…
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shaggy
adjective having long, untidy hair, fur, or pile.The shaggy dogs that come to the shelter are hard to brush.That old shaggy carpet should be replaced. long, tangled, and unkempt.A bison has shaggy…
petrify
transitive verb to turn (organic matter) into stone.Minerals left behind by water petrify wood by replacing the wood’s cells when they die. intransitive verb to turn into stone; become petrified.It takes many…
lust
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