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| simmer | temperature just below the boiling point |
| reel | to be thrown off balance or fall back |
| fumble | handle clumsily |
| writhe | to twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment |
| manikin | 1.  a mannequin; 2. a man short in stature |
| instinctive | arising from impulse; spontaneous and unthinking |
| plummet | to fall straight down; plunge |
| flail | to wave or swing vigorously; thrash |
| phantom | 1. an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion; 2. a ghost or an apparition |
| exhalation | the act or an instance of breathing out |
| contaminate | to make impure or unclean by contact or mixture |
| hover | to remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air |
| meteor | a bright trail or streak that appears in the sky when a meteoroid is heated to incandescence by friction with the earth's atmosphere |
| musk | an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative |
| wary | on guard; watchful |
| simultaneous | happening, existing, or done at the same time |
| convolution | 1. a form or part that is folded or coiled; 2. a complication of form or structure; 3. one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain. |
| desolation | devastation; ruin |
| Ecclesiastes | an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life |