List 12 Flashcards
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Apprehension
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Anticipation or adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil
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Apostrophe
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A digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea
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Aromatic
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Having an aroma; fragrant or sweet-scented
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Ascribe
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To credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute
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Brusque
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Abrupt in manner; blunt; rough
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Buttress
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Any external prop or support built to steady a structure
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Circumscribe
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To draw a like around; encircle; to out in bounds
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Consort
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A companion, associate, or partner
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Contemplative
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Thoughtful, reflective, meditative
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Credulous
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Willing to believe or trust too readily
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Deicide
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A person who kills a god
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Didactic
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Teaching or intending to teach
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Dubious
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Doubtful
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Elegiac
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Expressing sorrow or lamentation
