Short Story Vocabulary Flashcards by Tianna Woo | Brainscape

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Entrails

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Intestines.

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Unsavoury

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Unappealing or disagreeable; offensive.

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Inquisitive

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Asking questions; eager for knowledge.

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Meticulous

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Extreme care about tiny details; precise.

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Supplicate

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To pray humbly; request; plead.

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Relishing

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Pleasurable appreciation of something.

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Contemptuous

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Showing disdain; scornful.

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Immaculate

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Pure; flawless.

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Exuberant

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Enthusiastic; lavishly abundant.

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Florid

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Ornate; showy.

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Trammels

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Hindrances; restraints.

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Genial

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Warmly and pleasantly cheerful.

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Emanate

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To flow out of.

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Epithalamia

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A song in honor of a wedding.

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Fervent

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Intensity of spirit, or enthusiasm.

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Imperious

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Overbearing; bossy.

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Moiety

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An indefinite portion, part, or share.

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Reveries

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Dreamy meditation; daydream.

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Trifle

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A thing of little value; insignificant.

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Caprice

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Sudden change to one’s mind without apparent motive.

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Emaciated

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Abnormally thin; wasting away of flesh.

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Ethereal

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Heavenly; celestial.

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Illusory

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Deceptive; misleading.

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Posterity

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Descendants; future generations.

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Renounce

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To give up or put aside; disown.

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Dissimilation

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Becoming unlike.

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Vex

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To annoy; irritate; provoke.

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Sagacity

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Wisdom.

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Suavity

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Smooth manner.

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Suppositions

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Assumptions.

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Audacity

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Boldness; daring; arrogance.

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Vehement

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Extremely passionate; strongly emotional.

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Gesticulation

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Animated gestures.

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Derision

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Ridicule; mockery.

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Dissemble

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Conceal the truth; put on the appearance of.

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Irresolute

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Unsure; hesitating.

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Ardent

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Passionate.

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Countenance

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Face; expression.

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Dauntless

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Fearless.

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Harrowing

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Extremely distressing.

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Irrevocably

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In a way impossible to change.

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Benevolent

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Showing charity.

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Commiserate

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To express sympathy.

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Consolation

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Something that eases sorrow or disappointment.

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Discern

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To detect; to perceive.

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Fiend

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Evil spirit; devil.

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Omen

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A sign of future good or evil.

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Conjecture

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To guess using the available evidence.

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Disconsolate

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Unable to be cheered up.

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Enigmatic

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Puzzling.

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Flagrant

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Highly offensive.

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Pensive

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Deeply or dreamily thoughtful.

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Venerable

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Worthy of respect or reverence.

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Wantonly

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Maliciously; without restraint.

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Base

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Mean-spirited.

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Inexorable

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Unyielding.

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Insurmountable

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Impossible to overcome.

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Irksome

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Annoying.

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Listless

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Lacking energy.

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Malicious

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Deliberately harmful.

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Torpor

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State of inactivity or apathy.

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Traverse

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To travel across.

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Adversary

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Enemy; opponent.

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Consternation

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State of confusion.

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Illustrious

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Very distinguished.

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Omnipotent

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All-powerful.

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Pilgrimage

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Long journey for a spiritual purpose.