Key words Flashcards
(43 cards)
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Assemblage
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A gathering
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Becoming
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Attractive
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Bucolic
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In a lovely rural setting
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Comely
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Attractive
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Conflate
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To blend together
6
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Demure
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Shy and reserved
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Desultory
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Slow, sluggish
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Effervescent
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Bubbly
9
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Elixir
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A good potion
10
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Ephemeral
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Short-lived
11
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Epiphany
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A sudden relegation
12
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Erstwhile
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At one time, for a time
13
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Evanescent
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Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time
14
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Evocative
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Suggestive
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Fetching
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Pretty
16
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Fugacious
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Fleeting
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Furtive
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SHifty, sneaky
18
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Halcyon
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Happy, sunny, care-free
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Incipient
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Beginning, in an early stage
20
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Ineffable
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Unutterable, inexpressible
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Inglenook
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A cozy nook by the hearth
22
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Labyrinthine
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Twisting and turning
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Lilt
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To move musically or lively
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Lithe
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Slender and flexible
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Mellifluous
Sweet sounding
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Murmurous
Murmuring
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Nemesis
An unconquerable archenemy
28
Opulent
Lush, luxuriant
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Panacea
A solution for all problems
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Panoply
A complete set
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Penumbra
A half-shadow
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Petrichor
The smell of earth after rain
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Plethora
A large quantity
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Quintessential
Most essential
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Redolent
Fragrant
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Scintilla
A spark or very small thing
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Serendipity
Finding something nice while looking for something else
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Sumptuous
Lush, luxurious
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Surreptitious
Secretive, sneaky
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Susurrous
Whispering, hissing
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Tintinnabulation
Tinkling
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Untoward
Unseemly, inappropriate
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Woebegone
Sorrowful, downcast
