Vocabulary 2 Flashcards by Joshua Meyer | Brainscape

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Cupola

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A little house tower

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Cacophony

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Loud, disarming, jarring sound

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Dichotomy

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Combination of opposite things in same entity

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Allegory

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A story or novel with a deeper meaning. Develops a second layer

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Pate

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Skull head

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Pejorative

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insult

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Didactic

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Preachy, talking down to people with superiority

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Curlew

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Bird on shore

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Caustic

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Abbrahvsive

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Harangue

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An angry rant

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Hackneyed

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Worn out, cliché; overused phrase

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Respite

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Rest or peace

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Levity

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Light heartedness

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Dirge

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Funeral song

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Sepulcher

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A tomb

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Ingratiate

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To work one self into someone’s favor

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Rustic

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Antique, charm to it

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Clairvoyant

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See the future (some who’s able to)…?

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Esoteric

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Something enjoyed or understood by a few people

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Glean

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What you take away or gain/ learn

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Adultation

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Admiration; strong affection. Paul McCarthey

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Anomaly

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Something that rarely happens

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Delineate

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To expand or to list

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Altruism

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Sacrificing of oneself to the good of others

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Indigent

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Afflicted by poverty

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Banal

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Boring; dull

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Facetious

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Irony, sarcasm, saying something you don’t mean

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Indigenous

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Native

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Vitriolic

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Poisonously sarcastic; verbal venom

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Coalesce

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Join together

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Celestial

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Pertaining to the heavens

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Unobtrusive

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Friendly, does not oppose u

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Milieu

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Setting, surrounding

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Mercurial

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Prone to changing emotions quickly

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Quotidian

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Daily

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Ambidextrous

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Use of 2 hands