Short Story Vocab Flashcards by Cara Kaminski | Brainscape

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Interminable

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Never going to end, according to time

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Credence

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The extent or the degree to which something is agreed

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Impassive

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Holding emotions or feelings within

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Indifference

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Not showing preference

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Lucid

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Clear, understandable

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Lanky

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Long

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Distended

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Swollen, abnormal

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Curt

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Short in one’s speech, terse, abrupt

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Dispassionate

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Unbiased

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Foray

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Plunder

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Impregnable

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Unable to be penetrated

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Ignorant

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Lack of knowledge or education, uninformed

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Indulgence

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Leniency, not frugal

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Grimacing

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Frowning, showing displeasure

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Tremulousness

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Condition of having fear, quivering, shaking

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Spectral

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Ghostly or ghost like

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Illimitable

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Having no end or boundaries

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Eccentric

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Having quirks or odd habits

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Sagacious

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Shrewd, clever

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Dauntless

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Fearless

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Contagion

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Disease that is easily caught

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Self-possessed

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Confident, vain

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Inert

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Not able to move or act

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Arrogantly

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Haughtily, condescendingly, superciliously

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Evocative

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Bring forth a memory

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August

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Opposing, awe-inspiring, magnificent

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Disapprobation

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Disapproval, expression of disapproval

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Delusion

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Misapprehension, misguided belief

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Imminent

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About to happen, likely to happen, associated with danger

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Pariah

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Social misfit, does not fit with the group

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Accost

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Approach forcefully, aggressively, enthusiastically

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Abate

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To end, to stop abruptly

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Sardonic

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Sarcastic, disdainfully humorous

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Tenacity

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Perseverance, determination, not giving up

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Affable

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Agreeable, pleasant, friendly, amiable

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Inevitable

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Unavoidable, bound to happen