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Meanings of the difficult words from the lesson "The Midnight Visitor":
 
S.No
WordsMeanings
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Description Something that tells you what something or someone is like
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Musty Smelling unpleasantly old and slightly wet
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Corridor A long passage in a building, especially with rooms on either side
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Gloomy Dark in a way that is unpleasant and makes it difficult to see
   5Scarcely Almost not
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AccentThe way in which people in a particular area, country, or social group pronounce words
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PassablyIn a way that is satisfactory but not excellent
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ShoulderThe upper joint of each of a person's arms and the part of the body between this and the neck
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Espionage The practice of spying or the use of spies, often by governments to gather political and military information
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Prosaic Ordinary and not especially interesting or unusual
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Frustrate Feeling annoyed or less confident because you cannot achieve what you want
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Disillusion Disappointed and unhappy because of discovering the truth about something or someone that you liked or respected
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Authentic  Being what it is claimed to be; genuine
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Blink To close and open the eyes quickly, once or several times
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Pistol A small gun that is held in and fired from one hand
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Automatic A machine or device can operate independently of human control
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SlenderThin or delicate
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MenacingSuggesting the presence of danger; threatening
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Countenance A person's face or facial expression
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MissileA flying weapon that has its own engine and can travel a long distance before exploding at the place at which it has been aimed
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Management The group of people responsible for controlling and organising a company
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Nuisance  Something or someone that annoys you or causes trouble for you
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IrritationThe feeling of being angry or annoyed, or something that makes you feel like this
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PasskeyA key to the door of a restricted area, given only to those who are officially allowed access
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BalconyAn area with a wall or bars around it that is joined to the outside wall of a building on an upper level
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GestureA movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an idea or feeling
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Knock To repeatedly hit something, producing a noise
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Doorknob A handle on a door that is turned to release the latch
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StammerSpeak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words
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Hesitate Pause in indecision before saying or doing something