Unit 2: The Thrill of Horror

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Compensation

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Something given or received as an equivalent for services, debt, loss, injury, suffering, lack, etc.

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Conceive

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To form a notion or idea of; imagine.

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Condole

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To express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief.

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Credulity

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A tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true.

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Derision

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Contemptuous ridicule or mockery.

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Grimace

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A facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.

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Hypocritical

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Behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.

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Intensify

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To make more acute; strengthen or sharpen.

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Justify

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To show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right.

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Parallel

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Extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging.