Ambitious words Flashcards

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Gilded

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Sun gilded
gold

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Torpid

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I walked around a torpid haze
tired

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Festooned

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The wall was festooned with balloons
decorated

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Bellicose

A

The bellicose dog
aggresive

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Somnambulant

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The somnambulant heat
sluggish

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Alabaster

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The smooth alabaster floor
white

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Cleave

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The boat cleaved through the water
cut

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Brazen

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Brazenly she stepped forwards
bold

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Wretched

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The wretched children
Unhappy

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Cacophony

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A cacophony of beeping horns
Mix noise

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Furtive

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Moving furtively the mouse snuck in
secretive

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Duplicitous

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Macbeth duplicity deceived her
two faced

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Candour

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The politician spoke with surprising candour
Honesty

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Crestfallen

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He stumbled away crestfallen
disappointed

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Pandemonium

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The football match descended into pandemonium
chaos

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Florid

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His face grew florid as he tripped and fell
red complexion

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Baying

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The baying hound petrified and terrified us all
loud howling or barking

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Obsidian

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Her obsidian hair fluttered and whipped in the wind
really black

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Lurid

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Unpleasantly bright