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| adj)shrouded in gloom and darkness n)mythical people described by Homer as dwelling in gloom. |
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| v)to ravage for spoils; to pillage n)sudden, sometimes brief, invasion |
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| fire breathing monster with the head of a lion 2)illusion or mental fabrication |
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