Belle of the ball Flashcards by Jason Harrison | Brainscape

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aesthetic

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(adj) concerning qualities of beauty

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bedizen

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(verb) dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner

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belfry

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(noun) tower; part of tower

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chromatic

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(adj) pertaining to color

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diaphanous

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(adj) fine, see-through

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edifice

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(noun) structure

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florid

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(adj) verb elaborate, reddened

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frieze

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(noun) molded or carved strip

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limn

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(verb) depict

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modish

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(adj) fashionable

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pallid

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(adj) pale

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pastiche

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(noun) work formed from disparate sources

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pulchritude

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(noun) beauty

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rococo

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(adj) very highly ornamented; gaudy

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salacious

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(adj) lascivious

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stygian

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(adj) dark, gloomy