Short Story Vocab Flashcards by Courtney Stump | Brainscape

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Asperity

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Harshness of tone or manner

Noun

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Rapacious

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Inordinately greedy or predatory

Adj

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Tumultuous

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Full of riotousness or disturbance

Adj

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Aquiver

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In a state of vibrant agitation

Adj

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Telluric

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Pertaining to the earth; terrestrial

Adj

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Equanimity

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Emotional stability or composure

Noun

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Lurid

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Gruesome

Adj

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Querulous

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Full of complaints

Adj

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Fatuity

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Foolishness

Noun

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Florid

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Excessively ornate

Adj

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Vestibule

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A passage between the outer door and interior parts of a building
Noun

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Profundity

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The state of having deep understanding

Noun

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived or transitory

Adj

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Meretricious

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Alluring by vulgar attractions

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Mendicancy

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The practice of begging

Noun

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