29: Tricky Twins/Triplets I Flashcards
Arid
(ADJ) dry; lacking water
Acrid
(ADJ) bitter; harsh
Aesthetic
(ADJ) having to do with artistic beauty
Ascetic
(N) a person who refrains from indulging in earthly pleasures
Atheistic
(ADJ) without a belief in any god
Ambiguous
(ADJ) hard to understand; unclear; open to more than one interpretation
Ambivalent
(ADJ) having conflicting feelings or opinions about something; unsure
Coalesce
(V) to have different opinions join together; fuse; converge
Convalesce
(V) to recover from an illness
Delusion
(N) a false opinion or belief
Allusion
(N) an indirect reference, often to a character or theme found in some work of literature
Illusion
(N) something unreal that gives the appearance of being real; a misconception