Poetry Words Flashcards

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Crepuscular

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Active at dawn and dusk

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Enunciation

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Clear pronunciation; accent; articulation

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Headstrong

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Stubborn; willful

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4
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Lackluster

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Dull; monotonous; bland

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Objective

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Unbiased, not subjective

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Pliable

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Flexible; not stubborn

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Rescind

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Retract; repeal

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8
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Temper

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To moderate; soften

Mood; state of mind

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Sophisticated

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Highly developed; complex

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10
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Repudiate

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1 :
to divorce or separate formally from (a woman)

2 :
to refuse to have anything to do with : disown

3
a :
to refuse to accept; especially : to reject as unauthorized or as having no binding force

b :
to reject as untrue or unjust

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Copacetic

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Very satisfactory

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12
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Stoic (verb & noun)

Stoical/Stoically (adverb)

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showing no emotion especially when something bad is happening

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eluvium

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fine soil or sand deposited by wind (as in dunes)

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