Vocabulary 10th Grade #08 Flashcards

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Aesthetic

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adjective - sensitive to art or beauty; artistic

noun - aesthete

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Charisma

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noun - a special quality of leadership or a special charm that captures the public imagination and inspires devotion
adjective - charismatic

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Kismet

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noun - fate; fortune

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Conceive

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verb - to imagine or develop as an idea; to understand, grasp; to become pregnant with

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Emphatically

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adverb - forcefully; assertively

adjective - emphatic

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Martial

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adjective - military; suggesting war; warlike

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Paradox

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noun - a statement that may be true but seems to say contradictory things
adverb - paradoxically

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Opportune

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adjective - advantageously timed; right for the purpose

noun - opportunity

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Recipient

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noun - a person who receives something

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Wan

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adjective - sickly, pale or faint; colorless

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Fabricate

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verb - to build or manufacture; to make up or invent (as a story or excuse)
noun - fabrication

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Mediocre

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adjective - only average or ordinary; medium; neither good nor bad (think of medium)

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Mien

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noun - bearing; appearance; manner

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Prolific

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adjective - producing a great deal of something

adverb - prolifically

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Qualm

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(often used with have a) noun - uneasiness, misgiving or doubt; a feeling of nausea or sickness

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Gossamer

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adjective - an extremely delicate variety of gauze; fine, filmy fabric, as in a cobweb

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Cliché

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noun - an overused idea or expression; a trite, hackneyed saying

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Skiff

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noun - a small boat made for rowing or sailing by one person, or perhaps two, but no more

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Livid

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adjective - outraged; furious; having a discolored appearance due to anger or a bruise

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Specter/Spectre

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noun -a ghostly apparition; a haunting image or prospect

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Pageantry

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noun - an elaborate show, spectacle or procession, esp. with tableaux or floats