Vocab 12 Flashcards

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Elegiac

A

Expressing sorrow often for something now past

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2
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Fecund

A

Fruitful in offspring or vegetation

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3
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Infirmity

A

The state of being weak in health or body

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4
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Malady

A

Any ailment or disease of the body

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5
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Nuance

A

A subtle difference in appearance, meaning, sound

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6
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Profligate

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Spending a lot of money or using something in a way that is wasteful

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7
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Remonstrance

A

A complaint to someone or about something

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8
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Scintillate

A

To emit sparks

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9
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Terse

A

Brief and unfriendly

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10
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Vitiate

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To destroy or impair the validity of something

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