vocabulary Flashcards
1
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efflorescence
A
time & process of budding, unfolding of blooms
2
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enmity
A
intense hostility antagonism
3
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decorous
A
dignified, proper, of good taste
4
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chorister
A
singer, choir boy
5
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bastion
A
a well fortified position
6
Q
hiatus
A
break or pause
7
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ebullience
A
cheerful, full of energy
8
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recrimination
A
accusation response to someone
9
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tumult
A
disturbance
10
Q
triade
A
long, angry speech of criticism
11
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oppressive
A
person in position of power and uses it wrongly
12
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inscrutable
A
mysterious
13
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vicissitudes
A
difficult times
14
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declivities
A
slopping down rather steeply
15
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tacit
A
implied or understood without a question
16
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blatant
A
totally or offensively obvious
17
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taboo
A
excluded or forbidden
18
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sinewy
A
lean and muscular, stingy, tough
