Pretties+Chapters+7+-+12

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 * 1) **apex:** the highest point (of something)
 * 2) **contorting:** twisting into a strained shape or expression; deforming
 * 3) **contraband:** illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods; ADJ.
 * 4) **corridor:** hallway
 * 5) **detonated:** exploded
 * 6) **euphoria:** a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation
 * 7) **finale:** Concluding performance.
 * 8) **fulcrum:** the pivot about which a lever turns
 * 9) **incandescence:** light from heat
 * 10) **manacles:** handcuffs
 * 11) **mutate:** TO CHANGE FORMS/TRANSFORM; V
 * 12) **polymers:** formed by linking two or more monomers
 * 13) **pummeled:** beat
 * 14) **shards:** broken pieces
 * 15) **skeins:** thick coil
 * 16) **tandem:** one behind the other
 * 17) **vortex:** whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence