Lesson 5 Flashcards
(15 cards)
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Dried up
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Desiccated
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To ridicule, to mock
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Deride
2
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Contemptible, hateful
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Despicable
3
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Wandering from subject to subject
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Desultory
4
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To turn aside
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Deviate
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A crown
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Diadem
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Very sheer and light
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Diaphanous
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A division into two parts
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Dichotomy
8
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Choosing from various sources
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Eclectic
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Improve someone morally
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Edify
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Worn out; barren
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Effete
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Remarkably bad; outrageous
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Egregious
12
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A sad mournful poem
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Elegy
13
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To draw forth; to call forth
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Elicit
14
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Enthusiastic
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Ebullient