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The Dead - James Joyce Flashcards

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Palaver

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  • Unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure
  • Talk unproductively and at length

gossip, babble

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Scintillating

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  • Sparkling/shining brightly
  • Brilliantly and excitingly clever of skillful

gleaming, shimmery, dazzling, exhilarating, effervescent

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Gilt

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  • Covered with gold
  • Of the color gold
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Deprecation

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The expression of a negative view of someone/thing

criticism, disapproval

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Mirthless

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Lacking real amusemant and usually expressing irony

unamused, sulky, moody

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Wizened

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Shriveled/wrinkled with age

withered, creased

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Swarthy

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Dark-skinned

tanned

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Viand

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  • Item of food
  • Philippines - meat, seafood, or vegetable dish served alongside rice
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Tumid

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  • Swollen area on a body
  • Pompous/bombastic language or literary style

distended, engorged, puffy, overblown, turgid

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Imprecation

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A spoken curse

hex, expletive, obscenity

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Tabinet

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Fabric made from silk and worsted wool

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Paltry

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Small or meager

petty, trivial, negligible

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Conceit

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Excessive pride in oneself

vanity, narcissism, hubris

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Embrasure

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Small opening in a parapet of a fortified building

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Acquiescence

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Reluctant acceptance of something without protest

assent, yielding, conceding

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Pacifically

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In a peacful, mild, calm, orquiet manner

civilly, harmoniously

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Blancmange

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European dessert made with milk, sugar, and rice flour or gelatin - flavored with almonds

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Lugubrious

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Looking/sounding sad and dismal

gloomy, mournful, morose, despondent

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Invidious

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  • Likely to arouse or incur resentment from others
  • unfairly discriminating

unpleasant, difficult, unjust, one-sided

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Quay

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Structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway meant as a landing place

wharf, dock

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Heliotrope

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Plant of the borage family cultivated for its fragant purple or blue flowers; used in perfume

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Diffidence

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Modesty/shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence

timidity, meekness, insecurity, hesitancy

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Ardour

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Enthusiasm or passion

fervor, zeal, intensity, gusto, zest

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Impetuous

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  • Acting or done quikly and without thought/care
  • Moving forcefully/rapidly

impulsive, rash, hasty, vigorous, torrential, raging

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Obliquely

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  • Roundabout or indirect manner
  • At an oblique angle

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