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shadow(noun, verb, drop, cover, show)
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ghost(noun, show, spirit, deception, big)
27
screen(noun, verb, support, close, cover)
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tint(noun, verb, drop, touch, colour)
25
nuance(noun, drop, mark, touch, point)
23
cover(noun, verb, support, action, keep)
21
curtain(noun, verb, cover, obscure, thing)
21
tone(noun, verb, drop, touch, dash)
20
tinge(noun, verb, drop, show, touch)
19
tincture(noun, verb, drop, touch, blue)
18
veil(noun, verb, action, cover, top)
18
hide(noun, verb, action, cover, obscure)
17
obscure(verb, adjective, action, cover, confuse)
16
dark(noun, adjective, time, place, gloom)
16
phantom(noun, spirit, deception, vision, fantasy)
16
spirit(noun, hint, suggestion, vision, soul)
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variety(noun, touch, hint, trace, difference)
15
hue(noun, drop, touch, colour, dash)
15
wraith(noun, spirit, vision, soul, supernatural)
14
apparition(noun, spirit, deception, vision, fantasy)
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