Dickinson Despair Vocab Flashcards
1
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Abjure/ Abnegate
A
to renounce / reject
2
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Ambivalent
A
mixed or contradictory feelings
3
Q
Ancillary
A
providing support to the primary activities
4
Q
Anguish
A
great mental suffering or pain
5
Q
Depersonalisation
A
being outside of your own feelings/mind/body
6
Q
Enervating
A
causing one to feel drained of energy and vitality
7
Q
Evocative
A
bringing strong images or feelings to mind
8
Q
Fatalism
A
the belief all events are pre-determined and therefore inevitable (nihilism)
9
Q
Incorrigible
A
unteachable
10
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Indefatigable
A
persisting tirelessly
11
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Illusory
A
based on illusion
12
Q
Liturgical
A
public worship - ceremonial
13
Q
Lugubrious
A
looking and sounding sad and dismal
14
Q
Morass
A
complicated/ confused situation
15
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Paradoxical
A
absurd or contradictory
