9 Flashcards by angie emerson | Brainscape

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rhapsodized

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extravagant enthusiasm

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antithesis

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opposite

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preternatural

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outside of nature

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artifice

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trickery

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discomfits

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thwart, foil

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polarity

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opposite or contrasting

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rhapsody

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music, part of poem

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disinterested

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impartial

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empirical

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based on experiment or observation

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harangue

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delivery pompous speech

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heretical

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violating accepted dogma

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incipient

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beginning to come into being, become apparent

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inert

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unmoving, lethargic

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inveigle

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obtain by deception or flattery

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odious

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evoking intense dislike

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pernicious

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harmful, causing death

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prodigious

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large amount

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redoubtable

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awe inspiring

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torpid

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lethargic

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urbane

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elegant, sophisticated