Lesson 5 Flashcards

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Dried up

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Desiccated

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To ridicule, to mock

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Deride

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Contemptible, hateful

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Despicable

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Wandering from subject to subject

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Desultory

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To turn aside

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Deviate

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5
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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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7
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A division into two parts

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Dichotomy

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8
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Choosing from various sources

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Eclectic

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9
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Improve someone morally

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Edify

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10
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Worn out; barren

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Effete

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Remarkably bad; outrageous

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Egregious

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12
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A sad mournful poem

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Elegy

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To draw forth; to call forth

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Elicit

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Enthusiastic

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Ebullient

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