Hot Words: Lesson 29 Flashcards

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arid

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dry, lacking water

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acrid

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bitter, harsh

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aesthetic

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having to do with artistic beauty

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ascetic

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a person who refrains from indulging

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atheistic

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without a belief in any god

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ambiguous

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hard to understand; unclear; open to more than one interpretation

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ambivalent

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having conflicting feelings or opinions about something; unsure

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coalesce

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to have different opinions join together; fuse; converge

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convalesce

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to recover from an illness

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delusion

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a false opinion or belief

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allusion

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an indirect reference, often to a character or theme found in some work of literature

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illusion

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something unreal that gives the appearance of being real; a misconception

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