7
author's purpose(noun, literature, genre, writing)
7
culture(noun, progress, society, humankind)
7
witch(noun, shock, awful, fear, dismay)
6
knife(noun, awful, fear, terror, scary)
6
chillingly(adverb, feature, which, how)
5
corpse(noun, awful, fear, terror, scary)
5
decapitated(verb, act, harm, doing)
5
helpless(adjective, feature, bad, which, fearful)
5
hellbound(noun, awful, fear, terror, scary)
5
knavery(noun, bad, evil, hate, sinister)
5
hate(noun, hatred, antipathy, abhorrence, aversion)
5
profligacy(noun, awful, fear, terror, scary)
5
psycho(adjective, feature, bad, which, fearful)
5
skeleton(noun, awful, fear, terror, scary)
5
terrifying(adjective, feature, bad, which, fearful)
5
vampire(noun, awful, fear, terror, scary)
4
stab(noun, awful, fear, terror, scary)
4
scream(noun, awful, fear, terror, scary)
4
evil(noun, awful, fear, terror, scary)
4
murder(noun, awful, fear, terror, scary)
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