Dickinson Death Voab Flashcards

(48 cards)

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Abject

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repulsive processes of the body

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Aphoristic

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universal truth or wisdom

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Bathetic

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anticlimactic

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Belie

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hides the true situation

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Cavalier

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a criticism because lacking proper concern

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Cavernous

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physical space with cave like crevices

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Circumlocution

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roundabout way of expressing something

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Conflate

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combine

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Corporeal

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person’s body, as opposed to spirit

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Deference

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polite and respectful attitude towards someone

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Elide

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leave out or ignore

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Encroach

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spread/ becomes stronger, pervades, restricting another thing

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Enigmatic

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mysterious and difficult to understand

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Ephemeral

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lasts for a short time

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Erstwhile

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former or previous

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Evince

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reveal particular feeling or quality, of indirectly

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Gelid

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freezing

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Ineluctable

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cannot be stopped or escaped, inevitable

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Impassive

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dispassionate

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20
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Impersonality

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absence of human character

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Ineffable

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inexpressible

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Inert

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does not move

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Inexorable

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negative connotations to ineluctable

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Insidious

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unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without notice

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Inimical (to)
make something difficult to exist
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Inured (to)
become so used to something bas, it is no longer unpleasant
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Lacunae
empty gaps or spacesM
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Lugubrious
sad
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Macabre
strange, horrible, upsetting, gothic
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Mummery
religious display with many ostentatious (pretentious) trappings - negative connotations
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Mundane
ordinary
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Mutable
able to change
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Nihilism
based on idea of nothingness
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Obfuscate
to deliberately obscure
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Officious
assertive of authority in a domineering way
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Ontological
status of something's being.
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Pedestrian
ordinary
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Perfunctory
an action done quickly or carelessly
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Periphrasis
same as circumlocution
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Plaintive
voice that is sad, sorrowful and melancholic
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Poignant
affects deeply
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Quotidian
daily
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Sentimentalise
invoke pity or love for something
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Serpentine
qualities of a snake
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Tenacious
strong influence/ difficult to change or remove
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Transcendent
moves beyond normal limits/boundaries
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Travails
unpleasant, hard work
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Ubiquitous
seems to be everywhere