Swift, Pope, Wordsworth, and Coleridge- Vocabulary 1 Flashcards

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Averred

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Declared positively

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Alacrity

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Cheerful readiness

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Azure

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Sky blue

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Billet-doux

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Love letter

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Cabal

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A small group of plotters

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Cataract

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Waterfall

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Circumspection

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Prudence; inspecting all surrounding evidence

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Coquette

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A flirting woman

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Demesnes

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Estates worked by the owner

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Disapprobation

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Disapproval by authorities

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Dulcimer

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A musical instrument with metal strings that are struck with a light hammer

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Encomium

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A formal praising of

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Exhortation

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A communication emphatically urging someone to do or not do something

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Expedient

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A means by which one can achieve a desired result

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Expiate

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To make amends for

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Expostulation

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An act of reasoning earnestly with a person against some act

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Extenuate

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To make less

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Glebe

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A cultivated field