Jacks Marigolds Flashcards

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Nostalgia

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Bittersweet longing for things from the past

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Futile

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Having no useful result

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3
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Poignantly

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In a profoundly moving manner

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Ostensibly

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Seemingly to all outward appearances

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5
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Retribution

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Something given in repayment usually as a punishment

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Stoicism

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Indifference to pleasure or pain a lack of visible emotion

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7
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Perverse

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Stubbornly contrary wrong harmful

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8
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Bravado

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A false show of courage or defiance

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Impotent

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Powerless lacking strength or vigor

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10
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Exuberance

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Condition of unrestrained joy

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11
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Degradation

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Condition of being brought to a lower level humiliation

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12
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Squalor

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A filthy shabby and wretched condition as from poverty

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