29: Tricky Twins/Triplets I Flashcards

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Arid

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(ADJ) dry; lacking water

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Acrid

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(ADJ) bitter; harsh

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Aesthetic

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(ADJ) having to do with artistic beauty

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Ascetic

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(N) a person who refrains from indulging in earthly pleasures

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Atheistic

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(ADJ) without a belief in any god

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Ambiguous

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(ADJ) hard to understand; unclear; open to more than one interpretation

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Ambivalent

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(ADJ) having conflicting feelings or opinions about something; unsure

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Coalesce

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(V) to have different opinions join together; fuse; converge

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Convalesce

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(V) to recover from an illness

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Delusion

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(N) a false opinion or belief

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Allusion

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(N) an indirect reference, often to a character or theme found in some work of literature

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Illusion

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(N) something unreal that gives the appearance of being real; a misconception

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