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dye(noun, verb, drop, touch, draw)
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paint(noun, verb, blue, design, color)
10
blackness(noun, place, dark, gloom, shadow)
10
dusk(noun, place, dark, gloom, shadow)
10
eclipse(verb, cover, obscure, confuse, dark)
10
shroud(noun, verb, cover, obscure, confuse)
10
specter(noun, spirit, vision, soul, supernatural)
10
spectre(noun, vision)
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spook(noun, spirit, informal, vision, soul)
10
contrast(noun, difference, mismatch, dissemblance)
10
distance(noun, difference, mismatch, dissemblance)
9
awning(noun, cover, top, thing, shield)
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covering(noun, cover, thing, shield, screen)
9
shadiness(noun, place, dark, gloom, shadow)
9
vision(noun, spirit, deception, fantasy, soul)
9
gradation(noun, mark, touch, point, level)
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obscurity(noun, place, dark, gloom, shadow)
9
overshadow(verb, cover, obscure, confuse, hide)
9
phantasm(noun, spirit, deception, vision, fantasy)
9
touch(noun, verb, drop, show, line)
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