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Hunch

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intuitionnounImmediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
suspicionnounThe act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
humpnounA mound of earth.
hunch oververb(informal) To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.
hunch forwardverbarch one's back

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humpnounA mound of earth.
hunch oververb(informal) To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.
intuitionnounImmediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
suspicionnounThe act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
hunch forwardverbarch one's back
bumpnounA light blow or jolting collision.
glimmernounA faint light; a dim glow.
flavournounBritish standard spelling of flavor.
trailnounThe track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
feelingnounEmotion; impression.
sensenounAny of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
impressionnounThe overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
insightnounPower of acute observation and deduction
visionnoun(uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
fusenoun(electrical engineering) A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
instinctnounA natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.
characternoun(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
perceptionnounThe organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
hintnounA clue.
inklingnounOften preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.

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