Key words Flashcards by Gracie Lam | Brainscape

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Assemblage

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A gathering

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Becoming

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Attractive

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Bucolic

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In a lovely rural setting

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Comely

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Attractive

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Conflate

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To blend together

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Demure

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Shy and reserved

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Desultory

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Slow, sluggish

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Effervescent

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Bubbly

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Elixir

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A good potion

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived

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Epiphany

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A sudden relegation

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Erstwhile

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At one time, for a time

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Evanescent

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Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time

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Evocative

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Suggestive

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Fetching

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Pretty

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Fugacious

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Fleeting

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Furtive

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SHifty, sneaky

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Halcyon

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Happy, sunny, care-free

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Incipient

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Beginning, in an early stage

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Ineffable

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Unutterable, inexpressible

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Inglenook

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A cozy nook by the hearth

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Labyrinthine

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Twisting and turning

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Lilt

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To move musically or lively

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Lithe

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Slender and flexible

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Mellifluous

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Sweet sounding

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Murmurous

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Murmuring

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Nemesis

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An unconquerable archenemy

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Opulent

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Lush, luxuriant

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Panacea

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A solution for all problems

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Panoply

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A complete set

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Penumbra

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A half-shadow

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Petrichor

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The smell of earth after rain

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Plethora

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A large quantity

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Quintessential

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Most essential

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Redolent

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Fragrant

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Scintilla

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A spark or very small thing

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Serendipity

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Finding something nice while looking for something else

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Sumptuous

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Lush, luxurious

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Surreptitious

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Secretive, sneaky

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Susurrous

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Whispering, hissing

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Tintinnabulation

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Tinkling

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Untoward

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Unseemly, inappropriate

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Woebegone

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Sorrowful, downcast