World Literature: Spelling Flashcards

1
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Easily provoked to anger

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Choleric

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2
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Gradually recovering health following sickness or injury

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Convalescent

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3
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Warm and hearty; sincere; deeply felt

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Cordial

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4
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Of the nature of the body as opposed to the spirit.

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Corporeal

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5
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Expressed, felt, or done with emphasis; vey striking

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Emphatic

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6
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Emotionally wild; having excessive or uncontrollable emotion.

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Hysterical

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7
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Disrespectful, insolent, mouthy

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Impudent

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8
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Clear, shiny, bright

Easily understood

Mentally sane; logical

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Lucid

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9
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Wishing evil or harm toward others

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Malevolent

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10
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Showing scornful mockery or cynical derision

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Sardonic

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11
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Foul, disgusting, wretched

Immoral;base

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Sordid

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12
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Violently disturbed or agitated

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Turbulent

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