Vocabulary 111-144 Flashcards by Erin Lannen | Brainscape

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Reverie

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Daydreaming

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Revere

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To honor, to regard with respect

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Rivulet

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A small stream, brook

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Savory

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Appetizing

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Scanty

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Less than or barley sufficient, meager

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Shrill

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High-pitched or piercing

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Somnambulist

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A sleepwalker

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Sporadic

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Occasionally, occurring

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Stratum

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A horizontal layer

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Strident

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Loud and harsh sounding

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Succulent

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Very juicy

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Sumptuous

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Lavish, luxurious

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Supercilious

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Haughty, vain and arrogant

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Superfluous

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Beyond what is needed or required, an overflow

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Tentative

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Not fully worked out, provisional, uncertain

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Tranquil

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Peaceful, calm

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Transcended

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Surpassed, exceeded

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Turbulence

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Wild or disturbing activity

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Turgid

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Swollen

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Unfathomable

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Not capable of being understood

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Unobtrusive

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Not readily noticeable, inconspicuous

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Urban

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Having to do with a city or characteristic of a city

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Utter

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To express by speaking

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Vacuous

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Lacking content; marked by a lack of intelligence

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Vehement

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Forcefully expressing emotion or conviction

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Vestiges

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Remnants, traces, remains

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Vibrant

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Full of life

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Vicarious

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Experience through imagined participation in another’s activity

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Vista

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A distant view seen through an opening

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Vivid

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Bright, distinct, and clear

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Vulnerable

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Susceptible to injury or attack

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Wan

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Very pale and sickly

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Waver

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To show indecision or to vacillate

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Wistful

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Having unfulfilled longing or yearning