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Stimulus
a thing that rouses activity or energy in someone or something; a spur or incentive.
Muffled
difficult to hear because something is covering and softening the sound.
Vestibule
entrance room
Implore
beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.
Surcease
end
Hackles
usually used to mean the hairs on the neck and back of a dog that stiffen when the dog is ready to attack.
Beguiling
charming or enchanting, often in a deceptive way.
Ominous
threatening or sinister
Recessed
remote; set back
Rending
violent or forceful pulling apart of something
Dissonance
lack of harmony among musical notes.
Spacious
large and roomy
Cognitive
relating to the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
Obeisance
a gesture of respect
Irremediably
in a way that cannot be helped or corrected
Countenance
facial expression
Obscure
not well known
Entreating
expressing an earnest or anxious request; pleading