Literary vocab Flashcards by Emily Riley

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Asunder

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In pieces

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Atrabilious

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Melancholy or bad-tempered

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Aurora

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Dawn

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Bestrew

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Scatter (eg. Of stars)

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Bosky

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Covered by trees or bushes

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Brume

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Mist/fog

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Celerity

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Swiftness

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Coruscate

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Flash/sparkle

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Darkling

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Growing darkness

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Divers

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Of varying types

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Dolour

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Great sorrow

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Effulgent

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Shining brightly

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Empyrean

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Sky

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Evanescent

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Quickly fading

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Firmament

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Sky

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Flexuous

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Full of bends or curves

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Lambent

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Softly glowing or flickering

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Manifold

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Many or various

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Niveous

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Snowy

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Nocuous

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Harmful or poisonous

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Translucent

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Partially see through

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Pellucid

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Translucent

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Perfidious

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Deceitful and untrustworthy

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Realm

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Kingdom

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Rubescent

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Reddening

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Sempiternal

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Everlasting

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Susurration

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Whispering or rustling sound

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Toilsome

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Involving hard work

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Troublous

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Full of troubles

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Tryst

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Rendezvous between lovers

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Viridescent

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Greenish or becoming green

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Visage

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A person’s face

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Wayfarer

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A person who travels on foot

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Wondrous

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Inspiring wonder

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Wrathful

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Extremely angry

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Wreathe

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Twist or entwine

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Youngling

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A young person or animal

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Zephyr

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A soft, gentle breeze

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In pieces

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Asunder

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Melancholy or bad-tempered

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Atrabilious

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Dawn

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Aurora

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Scatter (eg. Of stars)

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Bestrew

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Covered by trees or bushes

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Bosky

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Mist/fog

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Brume

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Swiftness

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Celerity

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Flash/sparkle

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Coruscate

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Growing darkness

A

Darkling

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Of varying types

A

Divers

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Great sorrow

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Dolour

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Shining brightly

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Effulgent

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Sky (E)

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Empyrean

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Quickly fading

A

Evanescent

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Sky (F)

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Firmament

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Full of bends or curves

A

Flexuous

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Softly glowing or flickering

A

Lambent

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Many or various

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Manifold

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Snowy

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Niveous

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Harmful or poisonous

A

Nocuous

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Partially see through

A

Translucent

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Translucent

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Pellucid

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Deceitful and untrustworthy

A

Perfidious

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Kingdom

A

Realm

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Reddening

A

Rubescent

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Everlastingly

A

Sempiternal

Q

Whispering or rustling sound

A

Susurration

Q

Involving hard work

A

Toilsome

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Full of troubles

A

Troublous

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Rendezvous between lovers

A

Tryst

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Green or becoming green

A

Viridescent

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A person’s face

A

Visage

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A person who travels on foot

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Wayfarer

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Inspiring wonder

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Wondrous

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Extremely angry

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Wrathful

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Twist or entwine

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Wreathe

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A young person or animal

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Youngling

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A soft gentle breeze

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Zephyr

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Ornamental hanging covering the edge of a shelf or upper part of a window or a door

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Lambrequin

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dark-green stone with red spots used as a gemstone

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Bloodstone

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goodbye

A

adieu