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Dickinson Death Voab Flashcards

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Abject

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repulsive processes of the body

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Aphoristic

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universal truth or wisdom

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Bathetic

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anticlimactic

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Belie

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hides the true situation

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Cavalier

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a criticism because lacking proper concern

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Cavernous

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physical space with cave like crevices

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Circumlocution

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roundabout way of expressing something

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Conflate

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combine

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Corporeal

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person’s body, as opposed to spirit

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Deference

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polite and respectful attitude towards someone

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Elide

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leave out or ignore

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Encroach

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spread/ becomes stronger, pervades, restricting another thing

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Enigmatic

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mysterious and difficult to understand

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Ephemeral

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lasts for a short time

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Erstwhile

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former or previous

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Evince

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reveal particular feeling or quality, of indirectly

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Gelid

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freezing

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Ineluctable

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cannot be stopped or escaped, inevitable

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Impassive

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dispassionate

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Impersonality

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absence of human character

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Ineffable

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inexpressible

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Inert

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does not move

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Inexorable

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negative connotations to ineluctable

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Insidious

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unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without notice

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Inimical (to)

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make something difficult to exist

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Inured (to)

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become so used to something bas, it is no longer unpleasant

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Lacunae

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empty gaps or spacesM

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Lugubrious

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sad

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Macabre

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strange, horrible, upsetting, gothic

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Mummery

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religious display with many ostentatious (pretentious) trappings - negative connotations

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Mundane

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ordinary

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Mutable

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able to change

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Nihilism

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based on idea of nothingness

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Obfuscate

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to deliberately obscure

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Officious

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assertive of authority in a domineering way

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Ontological

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status of something’s being.

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Pedestrian

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ordinary

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Perfunctory

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an action done quickly or carelessly

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Periphrasis

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same as circumlocution

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Plaintive

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voice that is sad, sorrowful and melancholic

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Poignant

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affects deeply

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Quotidian

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daily

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Sentimentalise

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invoke pity or love for something

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Serpentine

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qualities of a snake

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Tenacious

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strong influence/ difficult to change or remove

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Transcendent

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moves beyond normal limits/boundaries

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Travails

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unpleasant, hard work

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Ubiquitous

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seems to be everywhere

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