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vitrious

adj

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glass-like in appearence

ex)her face was vitrious, she has a youthfull amd glissinging glow due to her meticulous skin care routine

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conjecture

noun

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a guess about something based on how it seems rather then on actual proof

ex) i made the conjecture that everyone will do good on the test tomorrow becasue everyone studied snd did the practice test

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acuity

noun

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the ability to think, see, or hear clearly and with sharp focus

ex) when shes in class, she is able to have great acuity; she can stay focused while others are talking loudly

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adulation

noun

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great admiration or praise(sometimes greater then nessairy)

ex) i feel lot of adulation towards my grandma because she was a loving and sucesssful women.

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mollify

verb

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to make someone less angry or upset, to calm someome down

ex) when my friend got upset because she failed her test, i mollified her by taking her out for starbucks

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affable

adjective

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friendly and easy to talk to

ex)she is an affable person, shes friendly and easy to talk to

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quandary

noun

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the state ofnot being able to decide what to do in a difficult situation

ex) he had a quandry, he had to decide wheather he shoulf stay up all night studing or go to bed and be semi preppared

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Ephermeral

adjectige

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lasting or used for a very shot periood of time

ex) the flowers in the garden are ephermeral, they wobt stay alive all year.

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disparage

verb

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to suggest that somebody or something is not in portant or valuable

ex) she disparaged the idea that her 13 year old blanket was important, it was a pile of loose threads

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analogy

noun

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a comaprison made to show the simplarities between things

ex) I made the analogy comapiring the idea that peopkle are alot like snowflakes, they are all unike.

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