ELA LIST 2 DEFINE Flashcards

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Intuition

A

The power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident, rational thought, and inference

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2
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Reverie

A

daydreaming; dreaming thinking and imagining

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3
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Shards

A

A piece of fragment of a brittle substance

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4
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Harried

A

beset by problems

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5
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Brazen

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marked by shameless or disrespectful boldness

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Dishevelment

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to throw into disorder or disarray

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7
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Perverse

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turned away from what is right or good

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8
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Articulate

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to give clear and affective utterance to: to put into words

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9
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Lingered

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to be slow in parting or in quitting something

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10
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Precluded

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to make impossible by necessary consequence

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11
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Retribution

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something given or exact in recompense

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Accosted

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to approach and speak to (someone) in and often challenging or aggression way

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13
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Afflicted

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grievously affected or troubled: mental and physically impaired

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14
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Explicit

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fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, or ambiguity

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15
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Recoiling

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to fall back under pressure

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16
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Termination

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A limit in space or extent

17
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Subsided

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to let oneself settle down

18
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Kindred

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of a similar natural or character

19
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Mortified

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feeling or showing strong shame on embarrassment

20
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Revelry

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Noisy partying or merrywalking