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Week 5 (from The Pit and the Pendulum)

1. Abyss - an immeasurably deep depth (syn: void, chasm, gulf)


2. Aghast - struck by shock, terror, or amazement (syn: horrified, amazed, shocked)
3. Cognizance - knowledge or awareness of something (syn: responsiveness, wakefulness)
4. Deduce to reach a conclusion by reasoning (syn: reason, figure out)
5. Interminable - being or seeming to be without an end (syn: endless, never-ending, continual)
6. Lethargy abnormal drowsiness (syn: sluggishness, weariness, tiredness)
7. Lucid clearheaded; not confused (syn: coherent)
8. Prostrate lying flat face downward (syn: horizontal, level to the ground)
9. Tumultuous - violent; greatly agitated or disturbed (syn: turbulent, chaotic, confused)
10. Writhe to twist as in pain (syn: squirm, wriggle, thrash)

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