bluest eye vocab

Question 1

gelid

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icy

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fastidious

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excessively particular, critical, or demanding

Question 3

epiphany

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a sudden, intuitive perception of insight

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extemporize

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to speak without advanced preparation

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macabre

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gruesome and horrifying

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guileless

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sincere; honest

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surreptitious

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obtained or done by stealth; secret

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preen

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to pride oneself on an achievement/personal quality

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covet

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to wish for, especially eagerly

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chafe

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to irritate; to annoy

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strident

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making or having a harsh sound

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irrevocable

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not able to be revoked or recalled

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metaphysical

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highly abstract, subtle, or abstruse

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peripheral

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external; surrounding

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furtive

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sly

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unsullied

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not soiled

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fabricate

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to construct

to fake

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acrid

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sharp or bitter

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pristine

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having its original purity

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interminable

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incapable of being terminated

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pervade

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to become spread throughout all parts of

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malaise

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a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort

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affluence

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abundance of money, property, and other material goods

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dirge

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a funeral song

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abhorrent

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causing repugnance; detestable

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myriad

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a great number of persons or things

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emasculate

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to deprive of strength or vigor

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tacitly

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silently

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fervent

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having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit

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static

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characterized by a fixed or stationary condiion

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epithets

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any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality

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covert

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concealed; secret

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solicitous/ solicitude

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anxious or concerned

state of being anxious or concerned

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placid

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pleasantly calm or peaceful

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addled

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mentally confused; muddled

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