mystification
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This innovation was greeted with awe, if not mystification, by audiences at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Telling Mom to take a hike is “so tough”; I don’t share your mystification.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2023
Nonetheless, the questions the audience asked betrayed a “Where’s the art?” kind of mystification.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
Here Aucoin, as though fishing in the same Rhine as Wagner did, creates a sense of wonderment and mystification.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2020
“What’s this?” cried McWatt, staring in mystification at the ripped half of his bedsheet.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 5
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