Glossary - The Yellow Wallpaper Flashcards by Diinah Hedman | Brainscape

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Ancestral

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Relating to ancestors

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Arabesque

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Elaborate wall or ceiling decor

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Arbor

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A latticework shelter interwined with vines

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Breadth

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Width

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Chintz

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Printed cotton fabric

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Congenial

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Pleasant agreeable

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Conspicuous

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Obvious

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Convolution

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Shape made up of rolling curves

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Delirium tremens

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Trembling madness

Alcohol withdrawal

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Felicity

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Happiness

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Flamboyant

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Elaborate decor

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Galore

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Plentiful

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Hereditary

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Passed from parents

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Inanimate

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Not alive, lifeless

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Intermindable

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Endless, seems to never end

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Lurid

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Unnatural ghastly glow

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Neurasthenia

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Nervous exhaustion

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Querulous

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Complaining

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Untenanted

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