Vocab Set #2 Flashcards

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Adjective: Not able to be restored

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Irredeemable

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Synonyms: incurable
An air of stern, deep, and ________________ gloom

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Irredeemable

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Verb: To be in every part of; to spread through.

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Pervaded

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4
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Synonyms: infuse
And ___________ all.

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Pervaded

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5
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Adjective: Full of life and energy

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Vivacious

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Synonyms: lively
Usher arose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a ___________ warmth

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Vivacious

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7
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noun
comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness

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Solace

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Synonyms: comfort
It was thus that he spoke of the object of my visit, of his earnest desire to see me, and of the ____________ he expected me to afford him.

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Solace

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9
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Noun: a disorder of the body or mind

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Malady

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Synonyms: illness
He entered into what he conceived to be the nature of his __________.

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Malady

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characterized by an unusual interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

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morbid

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12
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gruesome, sick, gloomy

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morbid

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13
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the quality of being very good, accurate, and showing an ability to notice very small differences

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acuteness

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sharpness, keenness, acuity
I feel that she is lacking in her usual acuteness.

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acuteness

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15
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lacking flavor

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insipid

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16
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bland, flat, vapid
a thin insipid soup was placed before us

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insipid

17
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deserving strong condemnation.

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deploreable

17
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strange or odd, unusal

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peculiar

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strange, unusual, weird
hes very peculiar

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peculiar

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awful, miserable, terrible
the building was in a deploreable state

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deploreable